Lok Sabha Question No. 790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Monitoring Mechanism under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## MONITORING MECHANISM UNDER PMAY-G

790. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has achieved the objective for which Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY-G) was launched and if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (b) the details of challenges faced by the Government while implementing PMAY-G;
- (c) the details of funds released to Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands under PMAY-G along with the number of houses constructed/likely to be constructed in Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands under the said yojana during the last three years;
- (d) the number of houses constructed and allotted to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities under the PMAY-G during each of the last three years and the current year in Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
- (e) the details of functioning of monitoring mechanism at different levels to ensure that the targeted categories of people get benefits under the said yojana; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to provide houses to beneficiaries in time bound manner?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b) In order to achieve the target of 'Housing for All' in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G) with  effect  from  1 st April,  2016  to  provide  assistance  to  eligible  rural  households  with  an overall  target  to  construct  2.95  crore  pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  by  March,  2024. Against the overall target of 2.95 crore houses, a target of 2.94 crore houses has already been allocated to various States/UTs by the Ministry, out of which 2.83 crore houses have already been sanctioned by the States/UTs to beneficiaries and construction of 2.15 crore houses has already been completed.

During  the  period  of  Covid-19  pandemic  induced  nation-wide  lockdown,  all  construction activities including construction of houses under PMAY-G were also affected. In addition to this,  the  main  challenges  in  implementation  of  PMAY-G  include  the  delay  in  release  of Central  &  State  Share  from  State  Treasury  to  State  Nodal  Account  of  PMAY-G,  cases  of unwillingness of beneficiaries, permanent  migration, disputed succession of deceased beneficiaries,  delay  in  allotment  of  land  to  landless  beneficiaries  by  the  States/UTs  and  at times General/Assembly/Panchayat elections, and unavailability of building materials.

Keeping in mind the difficulties faced including financial hardships by the States/UTs, the Government had extended the timeline for achieving the overall target to March, 2024.

- (c) The  details  of  Central  Share  of  funds  released  to  the  State  Government  of Maharashtra and Andaman & Nicobar Islands during the last three years and the number of houses already constructed and balance yet to be constructed in the State of Maharashtra and Andaman & Nicobar Islands under PMAY-G is given in Annexure-I .
- (d)        The  details  of  number  of  houses  constructed  and  allotted  to  Scheduled  Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities under the PMAY-G during each of the last three years and the current year  in Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is given in Annexure-II .
- (e) Monitoring of PMAY-G is done through real time capture of progress using workflow enabled transactional data in MIS i.e. AwaasSoft. For process monitoring, inspection is done by central teams [Area Officers and National Level Monitors(NLM)], monitoring is also done by  District  Development  Coordination  and  Monitoring  (DISHA)  Committee  headed  by Member of Parliament, Social Audit, etc.

The  National  Level  Monitoring  system  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  a  third  party monitoring and reporting mechanism working towards regular assessment of implementation of Rural Development Programmes/ Schemes including PMAY-G in the country.

- (f)        The steps taken by the Government to provide houses to beneficiaries in time bound manner are as under:
- i. Regular review of progress at the level of Ministry.
- ii. Launch of PMAY-G Dashboard for monitoring and supervision of the scheme.
- iii. Timely allocation of targets to the States/UTs and release of adequate funds.
- iv. Regular follow ups with the State to ensure release of central and state share of funds and provision of land to landless beneficiaries in rural areas.
- v. Awards to the best performing States/UTs, districts and blocks based on performance index  dashboard,  thereby  creating  healthy  competition  and  motivation  among  the States/ UTs for achieving the set targets.

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STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.02.2023  REGARDING  MONITORING  MECHANISM UNDER PMAY-G

- i. The  details  of  total  Central  Share  of  funds  released  to  the  State  Government  of Maharashtra  and  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Islands  during  the  last  three  years  under PMAY-G:
- ii. The numbers of houses already constructed and balance yet to be constructed in the State of Maharashtra and Andaman & Nicobar Islands under PMAY-G

|    |                     | (Rs. in crore)   |
|----|---------------------|------------------|
|  1 | Maharashtra         | 4,375.23         |
|  2 | Andaman and Nicobar | 16.88            |

(units in Nos.)

|   S.No | Name of the State/UT   | Target allocated by the Ministry   | Houses Completed as on 03.02.2023   | Balance houses to be completed   |
|--------|------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|      1 | Maharashtra            | 14,71,359                          | 9,67,230                            | 5,04,129                         |
|      2 | Andaman and Nicobar    | 1,631                              | 1,174                               | 457                              |

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07.02.2023  REGARDING  MONITORING  MECHANISM UNDER PMAY-G

Details  of  number  of  houses  constructed  and  sanctioned  to  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities under the PMAY-G during each of the last three years and the current year in Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is given in Annexure-II .

(units in Nos.)

| Category               | Maharashtra                    | Maharashtra      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands   |
|------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                        | Houses Sanctioned by the State | Houses Completed | Houses Sanctioned by the UT | Houses Completed           |
| ST                     | 2,85,723                       | 1,59,692         | 1                           | 0                          |
| SC                     | 1,33,560                       | 28,318           | 0                           | 0                          |
| Minorities             | 5,055                          | 1,121            | 243                         | 191                        |
| Others (including OBC) | 5,55,171                       | 3,38,619         | 408                         | 318                        |
| Total                  | 9,79,509                       | 5,27,750         | 652                         | 509                        |

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