Lok Sabha Question No. 1474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Status of Beneficiaries under PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1474

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 13, 2025

## STATUS OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-U

## NO. 1474. SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER:

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

- (a) the data of the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) till 31 December, 2024, State/UT and district-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  Scheduled  Caste  (SC)  beneficiaries  received assistance under PMAY-U, State/UT and district-wise;
- (c) the data on the applications received, approved, rejected and still pending under the PMAY-U, State/UT and district-wise ;
- (d) whether the original target for the construction of houses by the  end  of  2024  has  been  achieved  under  PMAY-U  and  if  so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of houses actually delivered  to the beneficiaries by the same date?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (e): ' Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects. Therefore, schemes  related  to  housing  for  their  citizens  are  implemented  by States/Union  Territories  (UTs).  However,  Ministry  of  Housing  and Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  supplements  the  efforts  of  States/Union Territories  (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 beneficiaries/families  including  Scheduled  Caste  (SC)  beneficiaries in the country.

PMAY-U is a demand driven scheme and Government of India has not fixed any  target for construction of houses.  States/  UTs assessed  a  requirement  of  112.24  lakhs  houses  in  the  year  2017. However,  demand  of  housing  being  dynamic  in  nature,  additional urban households who became eligible during implementation of the scheme, were also covered under PMAY-U.

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) in phased manner.

The timeline for completion of projects varies from State to State and  generally  it  takes  12-36  months  in  different  verticals  of  the scheme  and  as  per  DPRs  of  respective  projects.  The  completion timeline  for  houses  depends  on  various  factors  like  availability  of encumbrance free land, statutory compliances for start of construction, arrangement of funds by beneficiaries etc. States/UTs have  been  advised  to  expedite  the  construction  of  sanctioned houses  so  that  all  houses  are  completed  within  the  stipulated timeline. The scheme period has been extended upto 31.12.2025 to complete all  the  sanctioned  houses.      As    on    03.02.2025,  118.64 lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned  under  PMAY-U;  out  of  which 112.46 lakh houses were grounded for construction and 90.36 lakh houses were completed.

District-wise details of total number of houses sanctioned with the corresponding number for Scheduled Castes (SC) beneficiaries, total the corresponding amount for SC beneficiaries, total number of houses grounded  and  completed  as  on  31.12.2024  under  PMAY-U  are

Central assistance sanctioned and released along with available at https://pmay-urban.gov.in/PHQ/LSUQ-1474-13022025district-wise.pdf

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