Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Houses for Homeless BPL People in Maharashtra
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 333

ANSWERED ON 21/12/2021

## HOUSES FOR HOMELESS BPL PEOPLE IN MAHARASHTRA

## *333.   SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  funds  allocated  by  the  Ministry  for  the  construction  of  houses  for  homeless people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in rural areas of Maharashtra during each of the last three years;
- (b) the number of people benefited under the said scheme in the State, particularly in Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency in Ahmednagar district during each of the last three  years; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  houses  to  the  remaining homeless  people  living  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  in  rural  areas  of  Maharashtra, particularly in Ahmednagar district?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (c)          A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021 REGARDING HOUSES FOR HOMELESS BPL PEOPLE IN MAHARASHTRA

(a)        The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  YojanaGramin  (PMAY-G)  with  effect  from  1 st April,  2016  to  provide  assistance  to  eligible  rural households. The identification and selection of beneficiaries under PMAY-G is not based on the concept of Below Poverty Line (BPL), but is rather based on the housing deprivation parameters and exclusion criteria prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC), 2011 and new survey Awaas+ 2018 conducted to identify eligible households left out of SECC 2011. The total Central funds released by the Ministry under PMAY-G to the State of Maharashtra during each of the last three years is given as under:

|         | (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------|
| 2018-19 | 2019-20          | 2020-21          |
| 1135.53 | 1815.33          | 1310.10          |

- (b)       The number of people benefited (to whom houses have been sanctioned), under the said Scheme in the State of Maharashtra and in Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency in Ahmednagar District during each of the last three years is given as under:

(Houses sanctioned units in nos.)

| State/District                                            |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Maharashtra                                               |     79198 |    249297 |    296443 |
| Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency in Ahmednagar District* |      1382 |      5301 |      6452 |

*six  blocks  (Akola,  Sangmner,  Shirdi  (Rahata),  Kopargoan,  Shrirampur  and  Nevasa)  of Ahmednagar District.

(c)         The  Ministry  has  allocated  a  total  target  of  15,05,983  households  to  the  State  of Maharashtra  since  2016-17  till  2021-22.  The  State  has  sanctioned  9,88,698   houses  to  the beneficiaries.  Thus,  5,17,285  houses  remain  to  be  sanctioned  by  the  state  to  the  beneficiaries. Ahmednagar District has been allocated a target of 66,028 houses by the state out of its overall allocation, out of which only 41,926 houses have been sanctioned to the beneficiaries and 32,656 houses stand completed.

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