Lok Sabha Question No. 1151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Allocation of Houses under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Thiru Arun Nehru, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1151 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## ALLOCATION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY-G

1151. THIRU ARUN NEHRU: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the allocation of Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (PMAY-G) housing  is  being  done  with  outdated  Socio  Economic  Caste (SEC) data, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the number of deserving people have been denied a fair chance due to outdated data and the steps taken to rectify this situation;
- (c) whether it  is  a  fact  that  the  names  of  many  eligible  persons under  PMAY-G  have  not  been  included  in  SEC  data  due  to various  reasons  that  deprived  them  from  the  benefits  of Pradhan MantriAwasYojana;
- (d) whether  the  names  of  many  unwanted  persons  have  been included in SEC data due to which they have got the benefit of Pradhan MantriAwasYojana; and
- (e) if  so,  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  remove  these anomalies  so  that  eligible  person  can  get  benefits  of  the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): In order to achieve the target of 'Housing for All' in rural areas,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  with  effect  from  1st  April, 2016  to  construct  2.95  crore  houses  by  providing  assistance  to eligible  rural  households  with  basic  amenities.  The  Union  Cabinet has  approved  the  proposal  for  'Implementation  of  the  Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  during  FY  2024-25  to  202829' for construction of additional 2 crore rural houses.

The identification of  beneficiaries under  PMAY-G is based on the housing deprivation parameters and exclusion criteria prescribed  under  Socio  Economic  Caste  Census  (SECC)-2011  and due verification by the respective Gram Sabhas and completion of an  Appellate  Process.  These  parameters/criteria  was  applied  on SECC  2011  database  to  identify  eligibility  of  beneficiaries  under PMAY-G.

There was a need to meet the new demand that arose during the intervening period and to meet gaps due to reduction in number of  eligible  beneficiary  in  SECC  2011  based  Permanent  Wait  List (PWL).  The Government  conducted  Awaas+  2018  survey  during January 2018 to March 2019 to identify those beneficiaries which claimed to have been left out under the SECC 2011 survey and thus prepared  an  additional  list  of  potentially  eligible  beneficiaries. During  Awaas+  survey,  a  total  of  3.90  crore  potentially  eligible after remanding/verification by Gram Sabhas, a total of 2.79 crore were households were registered by the States/UTs and found potentially eligible by the States/UTs.

Of the overall mandate of 4.95 crore households, 2.105 crore beneficiary households have been allocated from SECC 2011 survey database  and  1.688  crore  households  have  been  allocated  from Awaas+ survey database after following due verification process by

Gram Sabhas and Appellate Process thereafter.

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for 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  as  per  the  modified exclusion  criteria  through  Awaas+  2024  Mobile  App,  which  has already been launched on 17.09.2024.

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