Lok Sabha Question No. 744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Rural Mason Training Programme under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Su Thirunavukkarasar

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 744 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## RURAL MASON TRAINING PROGRAMME UNDER PMAY-G

## 744. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN: SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has made any consultation with the State Governments on the constraints being faced by them in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the methodology adopted to arrive at the rates of penalty to be deducted from the administrative fund for PMAY-G in case of delays in implementation by the State Governments;
- (d) the details of penalty imposed from the fund mentioned in the month of October 2022;
- (e) whether Rural Mason Training (RMT) Programme was initiated by the Union Government to increase the availability of trained masons for expeditious construction work under PMAY-G and if so, the progress made so far in this regard, Statewise; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G),  there is a well defined mechanism to get the feedback through end to end transaction based MIS, besides holding regular meetings with the States/UTs to resolve constraints faced in a time bound manner and issue the necessary guidance/ clarifications wherever required. Some of the constraints that PMAY-G has faced are nation-wide lockdown induced by Covid-19 when all construction activities including construction  of  houses  under  PMAY-G  was  affected.  Besides,  the  States  have  informed  that delays  are  also  due  to  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, unavailability of building materials.
- (c) To accelerate the progress under the scheme and to reduce delays at various steps, the Ministry  has  decided  to  impose  minor  deductions  from  ensuing  tranches  of  Central  Share  of Administrative Funds under PMAY-G in cases where there is delay in various stages of sanction/ completion of houses. The amount of deduction imposed is @Rs.10/- per house per month of delay beyond permissible limits for various stages like sanction, release of installments, capturing geo-tagged  photographs.  For  more  than  2  months  of  delay  in  sanctioning  of  houses,  penalty @Rs.20/- per house is imposed.
- (d) No deduction has been imposed on any State/UT so far.
- (e)  &  (f)  There  is  a  provision  for  Rural  Mason  Training  (RMT)  Program  under  PMAY-G guidelines since its inception to ensure the construction quality and availability of skilled masons for house construction. The progress made under RMT programme under PMAY-G, State-wise as on 27.01.2023 is given in Annexure.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.744 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2023

Annexure

Progress made under Rural Mason Training (RMT) programme under PMAY-G, State-wise as on 27.01.2023 is given as under:-

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT                | Candidates enrolled   | Candidates Assessed   | Candidates Passed   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                      | 77                    | 0                     | 0                   |
| 2        | Bihar                               | 3,751                 | 874                   | 680                 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh                        | 33,621                | 29,170                | 24,140              |
| 4        | Gujarat                             | 8,293                 | 6,707                 | 5,409               |
| 5        | Haryana                             | 90                    | 60                    | 55                  |
| 6        | Jharkhand                           | 28,270                | 20,657                | 17,048              |
| 7        | Karnataka                           | 3,137                 | 2,207                 | 1,928               |
| 8        | Kerala                              | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh                      | 52,858                | 36,849                | 29,793              |
| 10       | Maharashtra                         | 21,530                | 17,036                | 14,952              |
| 11       | Odisha                              | 34,761                | 29,488                | 25,850              |
| 12       | Punjab                              | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 13       | Rajasthan                           | 21,936                | 19,722                | 17,500              |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu                          | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 15       | Telangana                           | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh                       | 20,550                | 14,066                | 11,943              |
| 17       | West Bengal                         | 34,028                | 28,329                | 24,146              |
| 18       | Himachal Pradesh                    | 268                   | 0                     | 0                   |
| 19       | Jammu &Kashmir                      | 2,859                 | 2,410                 | 2,171               |
| 20       | Uttarakhand                         | 557                   | 426                   | 293                 |
| 21       | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 22       | Assam                               | 3,071                 | 2,841                 | 2,611               |
| 23       | Meghalaya                           | 581                   | 523                   | 399                 |
| 24       | Mizoram                             | 47                    | 37                    | 32                  |
| 25       | Nagaland                            | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 26       | Tripura                             | 469                   | 164                   | 152                 |
| 27       | Andaman &Nicobar                    | 0                     | 0                     | 0                   |
| 28       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 60                    | 0                     | 0                   |
| Total    | Total                               | 2,70,814              | 2,11,566              | 1,79,102            |

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