Lok Sabha Question No. 3487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Amenities to Houseless People in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3487 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## AMENITIES TO HOUSELESS PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS

## 3487. DR. PRABHA MALLIKARJUN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has achieved the target to provide a pucca house with all amenities to all houseless people in rural areas  by  2024  under  the  Pradhan  MantriAwasYojanaGramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) the details of the criteria for selecting beneficiaries along with the  details  of  finances  provided  by  the  Government  under PMAY-G;
- (c) the number of households benefited under PMAY-G in Davanagere so far; and
- (d) the details of number of beneficiaries targeted for the current financial year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (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 the PMAY-G, the initial target was construction of 2.95 crore houses during FY 201617 to 2023-24 and all houses have been sanctioned and 2.68 crore houses have been completed against this target as of 13.12.2024. 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.
- (b):   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  SocioEconomic 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. In line  with  the  approval  of  the  Government  of  India,  Awaas  +  2024 Mobile App has already been launched on 17.09.2024 for conducting the survey.

Under  the  PMAY-G,  the  beneficiaries  are  provided  financial assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in the North-Eastern  Region  States  and  2  Hill  States  (Himachal  Pradesh and Uttarakhand) and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.  In addition to this, assistance  of Rs.12,000/is also extended  for  construction  of  toilets  through  convergence  with Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  or  any  other dedicated  source  of  funding.  Further,  it  is  mandatory  to  provide support  of  90/95  person  days  unskilled  wage  employment  at  the current  rates  (approximately  Rs.  27,000)  to  a  PMAY-G  beneficiary for  construction  of  his  /her  house  in  convergence  with  MGNREGS. The PMAY-G households are also provided water, Liquefied Petroleum  Gas  (LPG),  and  electricity  connections  in  convergence with other relevant schemes.

- (c): Under  the  PMAY-G,  houses  have  been  sanctioned  to  10,336 beneficiaries and 5,100 houses have been completed in the Davanagere district of Karnataka, as of 13.12.2024.
- (d): The  target  for  FY  2024-25  is  completion  of  40  lakh  houses under  the  PMAY-G.  As  of  13.12.2024,  target  of  37.80  lakh  houses have  been  allocated  to  the  States  and  the  States  have  given sanctions to 27.63 lakh beneficiaries.

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