Lok Sabha Question No. 2780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Transparency and Accountability under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Shri Alok Sharma, Dr. Rajesh Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2780 ANSWERED ON 18/03/2025

## TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER PMAY-G

## 2780. SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SMT. HIMADRI SINGH:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI ANOOP PRADHAN VALMIKI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the mechanisms  put in place to ensure transparency  and  accountability  in  the  allocation  of  houses under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Phase II;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  formulating  any  plan  to  control potential  cost  escalations  and  ensure  that  these  houses remain accessible and affordable  to the economically weaker sections;
- (c) whether additional infrastructure support such as water supply,  electricity  and  roads  is  being  provided  to  facilitate sustainable living conditions to these beneficiaries; and
- (d) the  number  of  Pradhan  MantriAwas  houses  targeted  to  be sanctioned in Bhopal, Shahdol, Sidhi and Hathras Parliamentary Constituencies so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The identification of beneficiaries under Pradhan MantriAwaasYojanaGramin (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 & Awass+2018 to identify eligibility of beneficiaries under PMAY-G.

The Union Cabinet has approved 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.  The  Cabinet  has also  approved  the  updating  of  the  Awaas+  List  using  modified exclusion criteria. A new  survey is being conducted by the states/UTs using the technology-based solutions to maximize transparency  and  ensure  sanctity  in  the  process  right  from  the identification to completion of the houses as per the detailed below:

- i. Awaas+ 2024 app- a unique app specially designed under the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), having features  of  assisted  survey  through  pre-registered  surveyors, housing  technology  selection,  face  authentication,  Aadhar based e-KYC, data capture of household, conditions of existing house, time stamped,  and  geo  tagged  photo  capture of existing house proposed site of construction. The app works in online as well as offline mode. 'Self-Survey' facility is available for eligible household in Awaas+2024 app Survey for next phase of PMAYG (2024-29).
- ii. Usage of AI/ML model to curb fraudulent activity and provide information of possible malpractices.
- iii. Recommendation  System  -  This  module  identifies  various house attributes such as pucca wall, pucca roof, kutcha wall, kutcha  roof,  logo,  window,  door,  and  person  in  the  uploaded photos of a completed house and recommends  a final photograph for approval.
- iv. e-KYC App - The app is integrated with Aadhaar and uses AIenabled face authentication technology to conduct verification
5. of PMAY-G beneficiaries.
- v. Liveliness  Detection:  Eye  Blink/  Motion  detection  feature  in Awaas App for identification of the beneficiaries.
- vi. 100% Aadhaar-Based Payments: Directly transferred to beneficiaries' accounts.

(b): The unit assistance provided to beneficiaries under PMAY-G is as  per  the  approval  of  the  Union  Cabinet  and  at  present  the  unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in North Eastern States,  Hilly  States  (including  UTs  of  J&K  and  Ladakh)  is provided. The funding pattern between Centre and the State for the NER States and Himalayan States [Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir (UT)] is 90:10 whereas for the rest of the States is 60:40 and for Union Territories without legislature, 100% funding are borne by the Centre.

In addition to the unit assistance, the beneficiaries are facilitated  with  90/95  man  days of  unskilled  labour  wages  through mandatory convergence with Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Support of Rs. 12,000 for  construction  of  toilet  is  also  provided  through  Swacch  Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.

Some  of  the  States/UTs  are  also  providing   top-up  financial support over and above unit assistance to the PMAY-G beneficiaries for  the  house  construction.  To  further  support  affordability,  the scheme incorporates State-specific housing designs and promotes the  use  of  local  materials,  reducing  costs  and  environmental impact.

(c): Yes. Under the scheme, to provide PMAY-G beneficiaries with the maximum  number  of  benefits  from  different  schemes,  convergence with  other  schemes  is  encouraged.  The  guideline  aids  with  the construction  of  toilets  to  be  leveraged  through  convergence  with SBM-G,  MGNREGS,  or  any  other  dedicated  source  of  funding. Convergence  for  piped  drinking  water,  electricity  connection,  LPG gas  connection,  solar  lanterns  and  cleaner  cooking  energy,  solar roof top, fulfillment of requirement of construction material through MGNREGS  and  linkage  with  SHGs  platform  under  Government programs is also being done.

(d): The Ministry allocates targets to the State and further allocation  of  targets  to  the  Districts/  Blocks/  Gram  Panchayats  is done by the State Government. The details of target allocated and houses sanctioned in Bhopal, Shahdol, Sidhi and Hathras Parliamentary Constituencies by the States are as under :-

[Unit in no]

| Parliamentary Constituency (PC)   | Target fixed by the State   | Houses sanctioned by the State   | Houses completed by the State   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Bhopal*                           | 47,719                      | 49,971                           | 35,575                          |
| Shahdol#                          | 1,94,286                    | 1,88,178                         | 1,66,730                        |
| Sidhi $                           | 136058                      | 124293                           | 101908                          |
| Hathras@                          | 2361                        | 2361                             | 2327                            |

*Bhopal  PC  covers  Bhopal  district  and  Sehore  block  of  Sehore District #Shahdol PC covers districts of Anuppur, Umaria and Jaisinghnagar ,Burhar blocks of Shahdol $Sidhi PC covers Sidhidistrct and Beohari block of Shahdol district @Hathras  PC  covers  Hathras,  Sadabad,  Sikhandrarao  blocks  of Hathras  district  and  Iglas&Chhara  blocks  (located  in  Gangiri)  of

Aligarh district

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