Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Funds for PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 457

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 08, 2022

## FUNDS FOR PMAY-U

NO. 457.

MS. NUSSRAT JAHAN:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  amount  spent  on  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  Urban (PMAY-U) in the State of West Bengal since 2019 to till date, year and district-wise; and
- (b) the  details  of  various  Central  Government  sponsored  housing schemes  for  the  said  State  and  also  the  fund  released  and construction related activities for the houses affected by floods in the said State since 2019 to till date, year and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) &  (b):  Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore, respective  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs)  have  to  address  the housing needs of its population. However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under the vision of 'Housing for All', supplements the efforts of States/ UTs by providing Central assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U) for construction of houses in the urban areas of the country including those in West Bengal. All beneficiaries/families in urban areas including those affected by

floods are covered under the scheme, if otherwise found eligible as per scheme guidelines. The houses under the scheme are sanctioned based on the project proposals received from respective State/  UT  Governments  as  per  requirements  assessed  by  them. Projects  sanctionedunder  PMAY-U  are  implemented  by  the  State Government through Urban Local Bodies/Implementing Agencies.So far,  a  total  of  6,91,150  houses  involving  Central  assistance  of  ₹ 11,096.34  crore  crore  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  State  of  West Bengal under PMAY-U, of which ₹ 6,421.56 crore has been released.District-wise  details  of  Central  Assistance  released  since 2019  to  till  date  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under  PMAY-U  are annexed.

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## District wise details of Central Assistance released during each of the last three years and current year under PMAY-U in the State of West Bengal

| Sr.No.   | District         |   2019-20 | 2020-21   |   2021-22 |   ( ₹ inCr.) 2022-23 |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1        | Alipurduar       |      6.21 | 7.40      |      1.36 |                 8.03 |
| 2        | Bankura          |     19.75 | 31.10     |      5.94 |                18.39 |
| 3        | Birbhum          |     51.09 | 87.96     |     11.23 |                99.76 |
| 4        | CoochBehar       |      8.27 | 32.44     |      2.85 |                25.41 |
| 5        | DakshinDinajpur  |     15.09 | 27.06     |      2.05 |                13.42 |
| 6        | Darjeeling       |     20.02 | 51.62     |     16.62 |                25.08 |
| 7        | Hooghly          |     82.26 | 138.45    |     47.32 |                62.87 |
| 8        | Howrah           |     39.39 | 90.67     |     38.03 |                66.99 |
| 9        | Jalpaiguri       |      9.21 | 45.29     |      4.34 |                 0.66 |
| 10       | Jhargram         |      6.49 | 2.43      |      2    |                 1.63 |
| 11       | Kalimpong        |      1.92 | 5.20      |      0.05 |                 8.92 |
| 12       | Kolkata          |     93.23 | 132.30    |    125.26 |                45.25 |
| 13       | Maldah           |     16.05 | 13.00     |      8.73 |                23.81 |
| 14       | Murshidabad      |     62.06 | 89.67     |      8.32 |               130.02 |
| 15       | Nadia            |     37.35 | 105.35    |      8.28 |                54.84 |
| 16       | North24Parganas  |    183.94 | 330.43    |     84.68 |               134.26 |
| 17       | PaschimBardhaman |     23.21 | 49.63     |     31.08 |                32.27 |
| 18       | PaschimMedinipur |     50.74 | 55.51     |     13.56 |                37.03 |
| 19       | PurbaBardhaman   |     34.14 | 34.86     |     16.43 |                31.86 |
| 20       | PurbaMedinipur   |     25.34 | 67.69     |      3.79 |                 4.77 |
| 21       | Puruliya         |      9.2  | 22.28     |      2.6  |                18.72 |
| 22       | South24Parganas  |     51.41 | 63.85     |     21.07 |                56.18 |
| 23       | UttarDinajpur    |     31.94 | 36.88     |      1.4  |                34.3  |
| Total    | Total            |    878.31 | 1,521.07  |    457    |               934.47 |