Lok Sabha Question No. 1351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Construction of Houses under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1351

ANSWERED ON 27/07/2021

## CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY-G

## 1351.   SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of houses completed against the sanctions made in 2020-21 under the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) whether the Government is considering proposals to improve the scheme's functioning, including faster sanction of houses, scaling up the construction process, and easing the application and verification process; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G), a total of 50,09,014 houses were sanctioned during 2020-21,out of which, 34,00,006PMAY-G houses have been completed.

(b) & (c):The PMAY-G aims at providing 2.95 crore houses to the eligible rural population in the  country so as to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All'. There is no application process and  the  beneficiaries  are  identified  based  on  the  housing  deprivation  and  exclusion  criteria prescribed under Socio  Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 and from finalized Awaas+ list subject to due verification by Gram Sabha and Appellate process thereafter. Therefore, the entire process of remanding of ineligible beneficiaries, sanctioning of houses and release of funds is being  done  by  the  respective  State  Governments.  Further,  the  construction  of  house  is  the responsibility of the beneficiary himself/herself.

The Ministry is taking the following initiatives to ensure improvement in scheme's functioning:

- i. Regular review of progress at the level of Ministry to ensure timely completion of targeted houses.
- ii. The States/UTs have been requested to expedite the completion of houses approved under  PMAY-G  with  specific  focus  and  priority  of  houses  for  which  2 nd and  3 rd instalments have been released.
- iii. Daily monitoring on various parameters like Gaps in sanction of houses, cleaning of Permanent Wait List (PWL) of PMAY-G and release of Central Share/StateMatching Share from treasury to Single Nodal Account (SNA).
- iv. Timely  allocation  of  targets  to  the  States/UTs  andrelease  of  adequate  funds  at  the level of the Ministry.
- v. Promotion of eco-friendly & innovative technologies for house construction.
- vi. Regular follow ups with the State to ensure provision of land to landless beneficiaries in rural areas.
- vii. Expeditious resolution of technical issues and other constraints faced by the States.
- viii. Steps  are  being  taken  to  increase  the  coverage  of  Rural  Mason  Training  (RMT) programme which would increase the availability of trained masons leading to faster construction of quality houses.
- ix. Awards  to  the  best  performing  States/UTs,  Districts  based  on  performance  index dashboard, thereby creating healthy competition and motivation among the States/UTs for achieving the set targets.

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