Lok Sabha Question No. 4407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: PMAY-U in Kerala
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Shafi Parambil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4407

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 27, 2025

## PMAY-U IN KERALA

## NO. 4407. SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

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

- (a) the number of homeless families provided with the facility of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) during the last five years and the current year in Kerala;
- (b) the  total  funds  allocated  for  providing  houses  under  PMAY-U during the said period in Kerala; and
- (c)   the  details  of  the  share  of  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  in providing  houses  under  PMAY-U  during  the  said  period  in  the State?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a)  to  (c):  'Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore, schemes  related  to  housing  for  their  citizens  including  homeless persons are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs). However, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), 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)  since  25.06.2015  to  provide  pucca  houses  with basic  civic  amenities  to  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  across  the country including State of Kerala. Based on the demand for housing in the urban areas, States/UTs prepare project proposals and after approval  of  State  Level  Sanctioning  and  Monitoring  Committee (SLSMC),  these  are  submitted  to  the  Ministry  for  sanctioning  of

admissible Central Assistance by Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).

Based on the project proposals submitted by Kerala, a total of 77,176  houses  have  been  sanctioned  for  eligible  beneficiaries during  the  last  five  years  (2019  -  2024)  under  PMAY-U.  Of  the sanctioned houses including houses sanctioned in preceding years, 71,797  houses  have  been  grounded  for  construction  and  77,052 houses are completed/ delivered to beneficiaries. Central Assistance  of  ₹1372.14  Crore  has  been  sanctioned  for  the  State under  PMAY-U  during  the  last  five  years  (2019  -  2024),  of  which Rs.1285.51 Crore has been released to State/ Central Nodal Agency.

Houses  under  PMAY-U  are  being  constructed  using  Central Assistance, State share as well as beneficiary contribution. Government of India provided fixed Central Assistance of ₹1.5 lakh under AHP and BLC verticals of PMAY-U. However, States/UTs are free  to  contribute  their  share  in  a  such  way  to  make  the  houses affordable.  Kerala  provided  ₹50,000  as  State  share  and  remaining cost of the house, as per Detailed Project Report (DPR), is shared by Urban Local Bodies (ULB)/Beneficiaries. The scheme period, which was  earlier  upto  31.03.2022,  has  further  been  extended  upto 31.12.2025 to complete the sanctioned houses without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

Further,  based  on  9  years  of  experience  and  learning  from implementing  PMAY-U,  MoHUA  has  revamped  the  scheme  and launched  PMAY-U  2.0  'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from 01.09.2024 to assist 1 crore additional eligible urban beneficiaries through  four  verticals  i.e.,  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS). As on date, 32 States/UTs have signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to implement PMAYU 2.0 as per scheme guidelines, but Kerala is yet to sign the MoA. Eligibility  criteria  for  beneficiaries  under  PMAY-U  2.0  have  been outlined  in  the  operational  guidelines  which  can  be  accessed  at https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

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