Lok Sabha Question No. 3891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Objective of Awaas Plus App
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Mahesh Kashyap

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3891

## ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025

## OBJECTIVE OF AWAAS PLUS APP

3891. Shri Mahesh Kashyap: Shri Jugal Kishore:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  objective  of  the  Awaas  Plus  App  2024  launched  by  the Government  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  Gramin (PMAY-G),  State  and  UT-wise,  particularly  in  Jammu  and Kashmir;
- (b) the details of the features of the said App that helps beneficiaries to access resources and information related to the said Scheme;
- (c) whether Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques are being used during house inspection under the said scheme  to check the fraudulent activities, State and UTwise particularly in Jammu district; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) & (b): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st April 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for the construction of  Pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  to  achieve  the  objective  of "Housing For All" in rural areas. Under the PMAY-G, the initial target was to provide assistance for the construction of 2.95 crore houses during FY 2016-17 to 2023-24. The Government of India has approved the implementation of the scheme during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore additional houses.

In accordance with the approval of the Government of India, a new survey is also being conducted for identification of additional

eligible households by the States/ UTs including Jammu and Kashmir using  eKYC  face  based  authentication  through  the  Awaas+  2024 mobile app and with modified exclusion parameters.

Awaas+ 2024 Mobile application is a unique app specially designed under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), having features as under:-

- i.
- Assisted survey through pre-registered surveyors,
- ii. 'Self-Survey'  facility  is  available  for  eligible  households  in Awaas+ 2024 app,
- iii.
- Housing typology selection,
- iv. Aadhar based e-KYC Face authentication,
- Data capture of household, conditions of existing house, time stamped, and geo tagged photo capture of existing house and
- v. proposed site of construction,
- vi.
- The app works in online as well as offline mode.

The  Ministry  has  also  developed  Awaas  SAKHI  (Support Application  for  Knowledge,  Help  and  Innovation)  -  an  innovative mobile  application  designed  to  streamline  access  to  PMAY-G  by consolidating key information and resources in one place.

- Usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) model  is  done  under  the  PMAY-G  to  curb  fraudulent  activity  and provide  information  of  possible  malpractices,  and  the  details  are
- (c) & (d): provided as under:-
- i. Recommendation System module identifies various house attributes such as pucca wall, pucca roof, kutcha wall, kutcha roof, logo, window, door, and person in the uploaded photos of a completed house and recommends a final photograph for approval.
- ii.  Anomaly  Detection  and  Fraud  Prevention  module  calculates similarity  score  between  the  photograph  of  house  that  is  being inspected  and  other  houses  in  the  vicinity  to  prevent  any  kind  of
- fraudulent activity in this regard.

iii. e-KYC of the beneficiaries through integration with Aadhaar and AI-enabled face authentication technology to conduct verification of PMAY-G beneficiaries.

iv. Liveliness Detection: Eye Blink/ Motion detection feature in Awaas

App for identification of the beneficiaries.

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