Lok Sabha Question No. 1336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Funds for Construction of Houses under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Sunil Bose

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1336 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY-G

## 1336. SHRI SUNIL BOSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  criteria  adopted  by  the  Government  to  give  grant  for construction  of  houses  to    the  beneficiaries  under  Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the fact that the current grant  is  not  enough  to  complete  the  construction  of  the beneficiary's house, if so, the details thereof and action taken in this regard; and
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase the grant amount and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  Pradhan  MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G)  aims  at providing pucca houses for  all persons having kutcha houses upto 2 rooms  or  less  and  whose  names  are  included  in  properly  verified Permanent Waiting List (PWL) &Awaas+ list. The beneficiaries have been  identified  based  on  the  housing  deprivation  parameters  and exclusion  criteria  prescribed  under  Socio  Economic  Caste  Census (SECC)-  2011.  On  application  of  exclusion  criteria,  a  priority  list called the Permanent Wait List (PWL) is prepared for the States/UTs. The  PWL  is  further  subjected  to  verification  by  Gram  Sabhas  and completion  of  an  Appellate  Process  thereafter.  This  process  of exclusion is also applied to beneficiaries registered by the States/UTs in Awaas+.

The  Union  Cabinet  has  approved  the   implementation  of  the scheme for 5 more years during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore additional rural houses.

Approval has also been provided for updating the Awaas+ List for identifying eligible rural households using modified exclusion criteria  under  the  scheme.  In  line  with  the  approval  of  the  Union Cabinet,  a  survey  is  being  conducted  for  the  identification  of additional eligible rural households under the scheme. The survey is being  conducted  through  Awaas+  2024  Mobile  App  which  has already  been  launched  on  17.09.2024  with  modified  exclusion criteria.

(b) & (c): Under  PMAY-G,  the  unit  assistance  of  Rs.  1.20  lakh  in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in North Eastern States, Hilly States (including  UTs  of  J&K  and  Ladakh)  is  provided.  In  addition  to  the unit  assistance,  the  beneficiaries  are  facilitated  with  90/95  man days  of  unskilled  labour  wages  through  mandatory  convergence with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Support of Rs. 12,000 for construction of toilet is  also provided through Swacch Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.

The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of PMAY-G till March, 2029 as per the existing unit assistance for construction of 2 crore more houses.

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