Lok Sabha Question No. 1201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Mohite Patil Dhairyasheel Rajsinh, Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Smt. Supriya Sule, Shri Sanjay Dina Patil, Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad, Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare, Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1201 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G

## 1201. DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:

SHRI BAJRANG MANOHAR SONWANE:

SMT. SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SANJAY DINA PATIL:

SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE:

PROF. VARSHA EKNATH GAIKWAD:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL DHAIRYASHEEL RAJSINH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- the details of criteria for selecting beneficiaries under Pradhan
- (a) MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) whether any cases of ineligible beneficiaries receiving benefits have  been  reported,  if  so,  the  details  of  such  cases  and  the action taken thereon along with the details of steps taken to ensure transparency in selection of beneficiaries, State-wise;
- (c)   whether the Government has achieved the target of providing Housing for all  in  rural  areas  under  the  said  scheme  and  the challenges faced in achieving the target, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (d) the number of beneficiaries presently in the waiting list under the said yojana, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (e)   whether the Government is using technology like geo-tagging and mobile applications to monitor progress under PMAY-G, if so, the details and success of such initiatives, State-wise;
- (f) whether the Government has undertaken quality checks on the houses  constructed  under  the  PMAY-G,  if  so,  the  measures taken to ensure the quality of construction under PMAY-G;
- (g) the  number  of  houses  that  failed  to  meet  quality  standards, State-wise; and
- (h)   whether the guidelines have been revised to improve construction standards, if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- 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  PMAY-G,  the universe  of  eligible  beneficiaries  includes  all  the  houseless  and households living  in  zero,  one  or  two  rooms  with  kutcha  wall  and kutcha roof (kutcha houses) as per Socio -Economic Caste Census (SECC)  2011  &Awaas+,  2018  survey  data.  The  beneficiaries  are identified  on  the  basis  of  housing  deprivation  parameters  and exclusion criteria prescribed under SECC 2011. These parameters/criteria  are  applied  both  on  SECC  2011  and  Awaas+, 2018 survey databases and then they are further subjected to due verification by Gram Sabha and an appellate process thereafter to arrive  at  the  final  list  of  eligible  beneficiaries.  In  addition,  the Government of India has provided approval for updating the Awaas + list for identifying additional eligible rural households using modified exclusion criteria under the scheme. The modified exclusion criteria may  be  seen  at  Annexure  I.  In  line  with  the  approval  of  the Government  of  India,  Awaas  +  survey  is  being  conducted  through Awaas  +  2024  Mobile  App  for  identification  of  additional  eligible rural households under PMAY-G.

(b): Under PMAY-G, the State Government/UT Administration is the ground level implementing agency. The beneficiaries of PMAY-G are identified  by  the  Gram  Sabha  based  on  the  housing  deprivation parameters as per Socio Economic and Caste Census data of 2011 &  finalized  Awaas  +  2018  list.  The  prioritisation  of  beneficiaries under PMAY-G  is  made  category-wise  viz. SC/ST  and  Others. Households are prioritized  category-wise  based  on  houseless-ness followed  by  the  number  of  rooms;  zero,  one  and  two  rooms.  The priority lists  so  prepared are verified by the Gram Sabha to check for  ineligible  beneficiaries  and  changes  in  priority.  The  necessary changes  in  the  list  are  made  based  on  the  minutes  of  the  Gram Sabha  indicating  the  above  changes.  The  lists  approved  by  the Gram Sabha are widely publicized within the Gram Panchayat. The complaints regarding deletion or change in ranking can be submitted  to  the  Appellate  Committee  constituted  by  the  State Government  for  the  purpose,  who  would  resolve  such  complaints. After the Appellate process is complete, the category-wise

Permanent Wait List (PWL) of the Gram Panchayat is finalized which is widely published and entered on the website of PMAY-G.

The guidelines of PMAY-G provide that a grievance redressal mechanism is to be set up at different levels of administration viz., Gram Panchayat, Block, District and the State under PMAY-G. With regard to the complaints received in the Ministry of Rural Development through CPGRAMS or otherwise, the same is forwarded to the respective State Government for redressal of the grievance as the State Government is the implementing agency of PMAY-G  on  the  ground.  The  officers  designated  at  each  level  for redressal  of  grievances  take  necessary  action  and  furnish  the Action Taken  Report  to the Ministry under  intimation to the complainant within one month of receipt of the complaint from the Ministry.  The  state  wise  detail  of  complaints  related  to  ineligible beneficiary under PMAY-G are given at Annexure-II.

In  addition,  the  States/UTs  utilize  the  services  of  Ombudsperson under MGNREGA to dispose of grievances and reported incidences the of irregularities under PMAY-G to expeditiously redress grievances and to uphold the rights of the rural poor.

- (c): Under the PMAY-G, the initial target was construction of 2.95 crore  houses  during  FY  2016-17  to  2023-24  and  all  houses  have been  sanctioned  and  2.69  crore  houses  have  been  completed against this target as of 06.02.2025. The Government of India has approved  implementation of the scheme for 5 more years during FY 2024-25  to  2028-29  to  provide  assistance  to  construct    2  crore additional houses. The State-wise detail of Targets, Houses Sanctioned and Houses Completed is attached at Annexure-III.

The main challenges in implementation of PMAY-G include the delay in  release  of  Central  &  State  Share  from  State  Treasury  to  State Nodal Account of PMAY-G, cases of unwillingness of beneficiaries, deceased beneficiaries, delay in allotment of land to landless beneficiaries by the States/UTs and at times General/Assembly/Panchayat elections, permanent migration, disputed succession of unavailability of building materials.

- (d): Under  PMAY-G, a target of 84,37,139 houses has been allocated  to  States/UTs  during  the  current  FY  2024-25  out  of  the existing SECC 2011 based PWL and Awaas + 2018 survey list. The State  of  Chhattisgarh  has  been  allocated  a  target  of  11,65,315 houses including a target of  6,99,331  houses  from  the  SECC 2011

based PWL during the current FY 2024-25. SECC 2011 based PWL has been saturated for all States/UTs and Awaas + 2018 survey list has been saturated through allocation of targets for 22 States/UTsnamely, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and  Daman  and  Diu,  Lakshadweep,  Andhra  Pradesh,  and  Ladakh. Further, remanding of ineligible households as per the guidelines of PMAY-G  by  the  States/UTs  is  a  continuous  process.  Also,  the States/UTs  have  been  allowed  to  meet  the  gaps  in  targets,  if  any due  to  remand  of  ineligible  households  sanctioned  earlier,  by sanctioning houses to the next in line eligible households for trying to saturate the eligible households in their SECC 2011 and Awaas + 2018 PWL within overall targets allocated to them and corresponding Central Share liability. Thus, the approximate number of beneficiaries presently in waiting list is:

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | Remaining eligible Beneficiaries*   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam               | 3,88,358                            |
|        2 | Bihar               | 5,46,745                            |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh        | 3,03,384                            |
|        4 | Jharkhand           | 3,06,752                            |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh      | 8,21,190                            |
|        6 | Maharashtra         | 13,29,678                           |
|        7 | Rajasthan           | 3,42,048                            |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu          | 1,42,054                            |
|        9 | Karnataka           | 4,76,556                            |
|       10 | West Bengal         | 22,59,417                           |

In addition to the above, the State of Telangana did not implement PMAY-G since inception of the scheme i.e. 1.04.2016 and also did not  conduct  the  Awaas  +  2018  survey  for  identification  of  eligible households  in  the  State.  Hence,  state  could  not  identify  eligible beneficiaries as per the guidelines. The state has now communicated its willingness to implement the scheme from the FY 2024-25. However targets could not be allocated to the state.

Further, in line with the approval of the Government of India, Awaas + 2024 survey is being conducted for updating the Awaas + list for

identification of additional eligible rural households using modified exclusion criteria under the PMAY-G. The survey is being conducted through Awaas + 2024 Mobile App and as on 06.02.2025, 50,30,807 households have been surveyed by the States/UTs.

- (e): In PMAY-G, programme implementation and monitoring is to be carried  out  through  an  end  to  end  e-Governance  model-Using AwaasSoft  and  AwaasApp.  Monitoring  of  PMAY-G  is  done  through real time capture of progress using workflow enabled transactional data in MIS i.e. AwaasSoft. Under PMAY-G, the physical progress of construction  of  a  PMAY-G  house  is  monitored  through  the  geotagged, time and date stamped photographs to be updated at every stage of construction and completion.
- (f) to (h): Under PMAY-G, the house is constructed by the beneficiary himself/herself or under his/her supervision. Further, as per  the  guidelines  of  PMAY-G,  the  Sates/UTs  should  provide  the beneficiaries a bouquet of options of house designs according to the local  climatic  conditions,  using  appropriate  local  material  and technology suitable to the region of their residence. Also, based on requests  from  the  beneficiaries,  the  State/UT  Government  may facilitate supply of construction material at competitive rates.

The Ministry of Rural Development has also published a compendium of rural housing typologies 'PAHAL' which is available on  the  program  website  of  PMAY-G.  The  Ministry  has  taken  an initiative  to  digitize  PAHAL  to  recommend  ideal  housing  design  to beneficiary through Awaas App.

The Ministry has also developed a mobile application namely Awaas SAKHI with aim to provide help, enable access to knowledge and promote innovation in PMAY-G. Through this App beneficiaries are also  provided  information  regarding  availability  of  house  design typologies, locally available BIS certified construction material and rural masons.

Further, the Ministry has requested all the States/UTs through letter dated 24.06.2024 and during review meetings, to issue direction to officials concerned to encourage and orient beneficiaries as far as possible, to procure BIS-certified (ISI marked) construction material.  Also,  the  Ministry  in  collaboration  with  Bureau  of  Indian Standards (BIS) organized Capacity Building Programme for senior officials of Rural Development Department of States/UTs in

December, 2024 to sensitize them on the Indian Standards relevant to housing sectors, and about tools and platforms developed by BIS which they can leverage upon for ensuring quality construction of houses under PMAY-G.

To ensure good quality construction of houses under PMAY-G, the Government of India has also rolled out Rural Mason Training (RMT) Program  with  the  target  to  train  adequate  number  of  masons  for house construction in rural areas. Under this initiative, so far 3.97 lakh  candidates  have  been  enrolled  for  training  and  2.92  lakh candidates have been trained and certified.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2025 REGARDING 'Beneficiaries under PMAY-G'

Automatic inclusion and exclusion criteria for updation exercise of Awaas+ survey database

Step 1: Exclusion of pucca houses- All households living in houses with pucca roof and/or pucca wall and households living in houses with more than 2 rooms are filtered out.

Step 2: Automatic Exclusion- From the remaining set of households, all  households fulfilling  any one of the 10 parameters listed below are automatically excluded: -

1. Motorised three / four-wheeler.
2. Mechanised three/ four-wheeler agricultural equipment
3. Kisan Credit Card with credit limit of Rs.50,000 or above
4. Household with any member as a Government employee
5.  Households  with  non-agricultural  enterprises  registered
6. with the Government
6. Any member of the family earning more than Rs.15,000 per month
7. Paying income tax
8. Paying professional tax
9. Own 2.5 acres or more of irrigated land.
10. Own 5 acres or more of unirrigated land.

## CRITERIA FOR AUTOMATIC INCLUSION

1. Households without shelter
2. Destitute / living on alms
3. Manual scavengers
4. Primitive Tribal Groups
5. Legally released bonded labourer

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1201  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  11.02.2025 REGARDING 'Beneficiaries under PMAY-G'

State-wise  detail  of  complaints  related  to  ineligible  beneficiary    under PMAY-G from 01.04.2016 to 07.02.2025.

| State Name                  | Brought Forward   | Received During   | Pending During   | Disposed During   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Assam                       | 0                 | 15243             | 33               | 15210             |
| Bihar                       | 0                 | 7                 | 0                | 7                 |
| Chandigarh                  | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Chhattisgarh                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                   |                   |                  |                   |
| and Daman and Diu           | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Daman and Diu               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Delhi                       | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Goa                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Gujarat                     | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Haryana                     | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Jharkhand                   | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Karnataka                   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Kerala                      | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Ladakh                      | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Lakshadweep                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 0                 | 2                 | 1                | 1                 |
| Maharashtra                 | 0                 | 3                 | 2                | 1                 |
| Manipur                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Meghalaya                   | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Mizoram                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Nagaland                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Odisha                      | 0                 | 33                | 0                | 33                |
| Puducherry                  | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Punjab                      | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Rajasthan                   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Sikkim                      | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Tamil nadu                  | 0                 | 2                 | 0                | 2                 |
| Telangana                   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Tripura                     | 0                 | 0                 | 0                | 0                 |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 0                 | 25                | 0                | 25                |
| Uttarakhand                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| West Bengal                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                | 1                 |
| Total                       | 0                 | 15324             | 36               | 15288             |

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## State-wise detail of Targets, Houses Sanctioned and Houses Completed as on 06.02.2025.

| S.No   | State Name             | Targets allocated by the Ministry   | Houses Sanctioned by the States   | Houses Completed   |
|--------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 35937                               | 35605                             | 35584              |
| 2      | ASSAM                  | 2611793                             | 2210728                           | 1993111            |
| 3      | BIHAR                  | 4492010                             | 4014470                           | 3711269            |
| 4      | CHHATTISGARH           | 2341457                             | 1855425                           | 1123250            |
| 5      | GOA                    | 257                                 | 254                               | 240                |
| 6      | GUJARAT                | 902354                              | 824986                            | 565090             |
| 7      | HARYANA                | 106460                              | 32458                             | 28799              |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 121502                              | 97627                             | 24384              |
| 9      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      | 336498                              | 334917                            | 295773             |
| 10     | JHARKHAND              | 2012107                             | 1690484                           | 1564400            |
| 11     | KERALA                 | 232916                              | 66409                             | 34105              |
| 12     | MADHYA PRADESH         | 4989236                             | 4178583                           | 3689463            |
| 13     | MAHARASHTRA            | 3340872                             | 3115212                           | 1269900            |
| 14     | MANIPUR                | 108550                              | 101549                            | 37773              |
| 15     | MEGHALAYA              | 188034                              | 186099                            | 130604             |
| 16     | MIZORAM                | 29967                               | 29966                             | 24605              |
| 17     | NAGALAND               | 48830                               | 48826                             | 22643              |
| 18     | ODISHA                 | 2849889                             | 2824836                           | 2342387            |
| 19     | PUNJAB                 | 103674                              | 66434                             | 38817              |
| 20     | RAJASTHAN              | 2215247                             | 1920476                           | 1700366            |
| 21     | SIKKIM                 | 1399                                | 1397                              | 1386               |
| 22     | TAMIL NADU             | 957825                              | 749065                            | 633403             |
| 23     | TRIPURA                | 376913                              | 376454                            | 367844             |
| 24     | UTTAR PRADESH          | 3685704                             | 3656717                           | 3611718            |
| 25     | UTTARAKHAND            | 69194                               | 68552                             | 68094              |
| 26     | WEST BENGAL            | 4569423                             | 4569032                           | 3419114            |
| 27     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR    | 3424                                | 3140                              | 1227               |
| 28     | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 11206                               | 11138                             | 3937               |
| 29     | DAMAN AND DIU          | 158                                 | 158                               | 24                 |
| 30     | LAKSHADWEEP            | 45                                  | 53                                | 45                 |
| 31     | PUDUCHERRY**           | 0                                   | 0                                 | 0                  |
| 32     | ANDHRA PRADESH         | 247114                              | 246931                            | 83955              |
| 33     | KARNATAKA              | 944140                              | 338837                            | 145290             |
| 34     | TELANGANA**            | 0                                   | 0                                 | 0                  |
| 35     | LADAKH                 | 3004                                | 3004                              | 3004               |
|        | Total                  | 3,79,37,139                         | 3,36,59,822                       | 2,69,71,604        |

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