Lok Sabha Question No. 362 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMAY-G in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Selvam G, Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 362 ANSWERED ON 19/08/2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G IN TAMIL NADU

*362. Shri Selvam G:

Shri C N Annadurai:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  beneficiaries  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), women and other marginalized groups along with the number of households allotted/currently in the waiting list under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (PMAY-G) in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  steps  taken  to  ensure  that  these  vulnerable  groups  are identified and prioritized in the allotment process thereunder in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the details of the grievance redressal mechanism established for  PMAY-G  in  Tamil  Nadu,  including  accessibility  at  district levels;
- (d) the steps taken to enhance transparency in the selection and allotment of PMAY-G houses in Tamil Nadu; and
- (e) the measures taken to ensure timely completion and delivery of houses  under PMAY-G  in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, especially in aspirational and disaster-prone districts?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (e):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *362  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.08.2025REGARDING  'BENEFICIARIES  UNDER  PMAY-G  IN  TAMIL NADU'

- (a): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1 st  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 to provide assistance for the construction of 2.95 crore  houses  during  FY  2016-17  to  2023-24.  The  Government  of India  has  approved  the  implementation  of  the  scheme  during  FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore  additional  houses. As  on  13.08.2025,  out  of  the  cumulative target of 4.95 crore houses, 4.12 crore houses have been allocated to  the  States/UTs  by  the  Ministry,  out  of  which  3.85  crore  houses have been sanctioned and 2.83 crore houses have been completed. Under PMAY-G, against a target of 9,57,825 allocated to the State of Tamil  Nadu,  7,42,700  have  been  sanctioned  whereas  6,48,048 houses have been completed.

The  houses  sanctioned  and  completed  under  PMAY-G  in  the State of Tamil Nadu for  Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), women and other marginalized groups is given at Annexure-I. The  number  of  beneficiaries  in  the  Awaas+  2018  list  yet  to  be saturated in the State of Tamil Nadu are 50,815 as on 13.08.2025. The Ministry could not allocate these targets to the state during FY 2025-26 owing to large number of unsanctioned houses against the targets allocated during FY 2024-25.

- (b): Under  PMAY-G,  minimum  60%  of  the  target  at  the  national level is earmarked for SC/ST households. To maintain this, 60% of the  target  allocated  to  each  State  /  UT  is  earmarked  for  SC/STs, subject to availability of eligible  PMAY-G  beneficiaries  in  the Permanent Wait List (PWL). Within earmarked targets, the proportion of SC and ST is to be decided from time to time by the respective States/UTs.

The earmarking will only define the minimum limit that should be achieved and if State/UTs so desire they may add to target under these categories to ensure saturation. This would be in consonance with the category wise saturation approach which requires

beneficiaries belonging to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to be covered on a priority basis.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, provides for social  security  for  persons  with  disabilities.  Accordingly,  in  the scheme  of  PMAY-G  while  deciding  the  inter-se  priority  among  the beneficiaries  who  are  to  be  provided  assistance,  households  with any persons with disabilities and no able-bodied adult member have been accorded additional deprivation score so that such households are  given  priority  while  allotting  the  houses.  Keeping  in  view  the provisions of The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the States, to the extent possible, may ensure that 5% of beneficiaries at  the  State  Level  are  from  among  persons  with  benchmark disabilities, with priority to women with benchmark disabilities.

To ensure women empowerment, allotment of house shall be made  in  the  name  of  the  woman  or  jointly  in  the  name  of  the husband  and  wife,  except  in  the  case  of  a  widower/unmarried

/separated person/ transgender.

- (c): The guidelines of PMAY-G provide that a grievance redressal mechanism is to be set up at different levels of administration viz., Gram Panchayat, Block, District and the State under PMAY-G. With regard to the complaints received in the Ministry of Rural Development through CPGRAMS or otherwise, the same is forwarded to the respective State Government for redressal of the grievance as the State Government is the implementing agency of PMAY-G  on  the  ground.  The  officers  designated  at  each  level  for redressal  of  grievances  take  necessary  action  and  furnish  the Action Taken  Report  to the Ministry under intimation to the complainant within one month of receipt of the complaint from the Ministry.

In addition, the States/UTs utilize the services of Ombudsperson  under  MGNREGA  to  dispose  of  grievances  and reported incidences of irregularities under PMAY-G to expeditiously redress the grievances and to uphold the rights of the rural poor. So far, a total of 720 grievances have been received on CPGRAMS from the State of Tamil Nadu of which 711 have been disposed.

(d): 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. These criteria are applied on SECC 2011 database and a system generated priority list of households from the database was deliberated upon in Gram Sabha meetings. After due verification by the Gram Sabhas

and completion of Appellate Process, Gram panchayat-wise Permanent Wait List (PWL) is prepared. Thereafter, Awaas+ survey was conducted during January 2018 to March 2019 to identify those beneficiaries  who,  though  are  eligible  for  inclusion  in  PWL,  but claimed  to  be  left  out  from  the  SECC  2011.  In  this  exercise,  the States/UTs  uploaded  details  of  additional  households,  which  were also subjected to Gram Sabha verification and Appellate Process.

Further, with approval of the Union Cabinet for the extension of  PMAY-G  for  5  more  years  (FY  2024-25  to  2028-29)  to  provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore additional rural houses, new survey is also being conducted for identification of additional eligible  households  by  the  States/  UTs  using  eKYC  face  based authentication  through  the  Awaas+  2024  mobile  app  and  with modified exclusion parameters. The initial period provided for States/UTs for conducting the survey was from 27th December 2025 to 31st March 2025. This initial timeline was extended till 30th April 2025 and 15th May  2025  for all States/UTs. Thereafter, the States/UTs  who  requested  for  extension  in  timeline  were  granted additional  time  for  completion  of  survey  exercise.  However,  the State of Tamil Nadu has not started the survey exercise till date for identification of additional eligible beneficiaries in the state.

- (e): The  following  steps  are  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure timely completion and delivery of houses under PMAY-G:
- i.
- Timely allocation of targets to the States/UTs.
- ii. Launch  of  PMAY-G  analytic  Dashboard  for  monitoring  and supervision of the scheme.
- iii. Micro  monitoring  of  house  sanction  and  completion  using latest IT tools and technologies.
- iv. Regular  review  by  Hon'ble  Minister,  Secretary  and  Deputy Director General.
- v.
- Focus  on  completion  of  those  houses  where  3rd  or  2nd instalment of funds has been released.
- vi.
- vii.
- viii.
- Separate review of States with high targets.
- Timely release of funds as per requirements of States/UTs.
- Continuous  follow-up  with  States  /  UTs  on  providing  land  to landless beneficiaries of PMAY-G.

Up  to  five  percent  of  the  targets  under  PMAY-G,  would  be reserved  for Special Projects. One  of  the  criteria's being for Rehabilitation  /  relocation  of  families  whose  houses  have  been completely /substantially damaged on account of Natural hazards as

categorized  in  the  extant  National  Disaster  Management  Plan  of National  Disaster  Management  Authority  -  Flood,  earthquake,  fire, etc.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  362  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  19.08.2025 REGARDING BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G IN TAMIL NADU The houses sanctioned and completed under PMAY-G in the State of Tamil Nadu for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and women

| SC         | SC        | ST         | ST        | Women*     | Women*    |
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sanctioned | Completed | Sanctioned | Completed | Sanctioned | Completed |
| 3,40,070   | 2,84,292  | 25,376     | 23,264    | 6,12,535   | 5,32,976  |

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