Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Penalty under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 267 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## PENALTY UNDER PMAY-G

## 267.  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of permanent allotments done by the Government under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG) in the State of Rajasthan along with the number of women in the total allotment during each of the last five years;
- (b) the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  as  per  the  scheme  Aadhaar Based  Payment  System  and  those  who  have  received  Direct
- Benefit Transfer in their bank accounts;
- (c) the total number of people linked and the number who received the  benefit  separately,  specifically  for  the  State  of  Rajasthan; and
- (d) the total number of instances where the Government has put up the penalty from Central share of Admin Fund under PMAY-G in cases where there are delays in the various stages namely delay in  sanction,  delay  in  various  installments  and  completion  to ensure timely achievement of targets?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a):  In  order  to  achieve  the  target  of  'Housing  for  All'  in  rural  areas, the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  with  effect  from  1st  April,  2016  to provide assistance to eligible rural households with overall target to construct  2.95  crore  pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  by  2024. Under PMAY-G, 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.

The  total  number  of  permanent  allotments  done  by  the  Government under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) in the State of Rajasthan  along  with  the  number  of  women  in  the  total  allotment during each of the last five years is as under:

| Year    | Total Sanctioned houses by the State   | Sanction for women solely and jointly   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2018-19 | 1,82,462                               | 1,29,661                                |
| 2019-20 | 3,75,282                               | 2,56,439                                |
| 2020-21 | 2,64,426                               | 1,84,635                                |
| 2021-22 | 3,86,854                               | 2,83,878                                |
| 2022-23 | 7,451                                  | 5,188                                   |

(b) & (c):   All States/UTs maintain a dedicated single nodal account at the State level for the PMAY-G from where all the payment pertaining to  the  scheme  are  made  electronically  through  Fund  Transfer  Order (FTO).  No  other  accounts  for  programme  funds  are  allowed.  Under PMAY-G,  all  payments  to  beneficiaries  are  made  through  DBT  to beneficiary's Bank/Post office accounts registered in AwaasSoft, MIS. Further,  Aadhar  Based  Payment  System  (ABPS)  was  introduced  in PMAYG from November, 1st 2021.  Comprehensive online monitoring of progress of PMAY-G is being done through MIS-AwaasSoft. In case of Aadhaar based payment, all Aadhaar is captured, validated in AwaasSoft and authenticated from UIDAI.

| Nation/State   | Total Sanctions   | Aadhaar Seeded   | Aadhaar Authenticated   | Aadhaar Verified successfully   |
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
| National Level | 2,94,16,737       | 2,43,50,114      | 1,93,17,780             | 93,29,892                       |
| Rajasthan      | 17,18,381         | 17,00,989        | 12,74,877               | 4,36,920                        |

As on 30.11.2023

(d): To  accelerate  the  progress  under  the  scheme  and  to  reduce delays  at  various  steps,  the  Ministry  has  decided  to  impose  minor deductions  from  ensuing  tranches  of  Central  Share  of  Administrative Funds under PMAY-G in cases where there is delay in various stages of sanction/completion  of  houses.  The  amount  of  deduction  imposed  is @Rs.10/-  per  house  per  month  of  delay  beyond  permissible  limits  for various  stages  like  sanction,  release  of  installments,  capturing  geotagged  photographs.  Further,  Rs  20/-  per  house  is  imposed  w.r.t. sanctioning of house for each subsequent month of delay.

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