Lok Sabha Question No. 1847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1847 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G

## 1847. SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  as  per  the  new  service  conditions  a family  with  a  member  earning  more  than  fifteen  thousand rupees  per  month  and  a  farmer  having  upto  two  and  a  half acres of irrigated land and upto five acres of non-irrigated land, will be eligible to get the benefit of Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the condition of upto two and a half acres of irrigated land and upto five acres of non-irrigated land is not appropriate for the people of western Rajasthan, dependent on agriculture; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to amend this condition of irrigated    and  non-irrigated  land  to  provide  the  benefit  of housing  under  Pradhan  MantriAwasYojana  to  those  needy people who are being excluded due to this condition, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): No. The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st April, 2016  to  construct  2.95  crore  houses  by  providing  assistance  to eligible rural households with basic amenities. The Union Cabinet in its meeting on 09.08.2024 approved 2 crore additional rural houses under  PMAY-G  to  be  constructed  in  the  next  five  years  from  FY 2024-25 to FY 2028-29 to meet the additional housing requirements

due to an increase in the number of families in rural areas across the  country.  The  survey  for  the  identification  of  additional  eligible households  is  ongoing  using  the  Awaas  +  2024  mobile  app.  The initial  timeline  for  completion  of  the  Awaas+  2024  Survey  is 31.03.2025.

As per the modified exclusion criteria (approved by the Union Cabinet) for identification of additional beneficiaries under PMAY-G, 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. 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 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. 9 Own 2.5 acres or more of irrigated land
10. 10.Own 5 acres of more of unirrigated land.

At  present  there  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  of  the Ministry for modifications in the exclusion criteria.

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