Lok Sabha Question No. 162 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: PMAY Targets for Kerala
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 162

## ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## PMAY TARGETS FOR KERALA

- *162. SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  actual  targets  set  vis-a-vis  revised  targets  under  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) for Kerala State during 2021-22;
- (b) the reasons for revising the targets;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  is  aware  that  minority  and general  categories  were  separated  under  PMAY  targets  in  the country particularly in Kerala State due to which the said targets could not be achieved;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  necessary  steps  would  be  taken  to  ensure  that  the minority  is  not  separated  from  the  general  category  and  if  not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether this  PMAY scheme will be continued for coming years and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (f)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *162 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023 REGARDING "PMAY Targets for Kerala"

(a) & (b): Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from 1 st  April, 2016 to  provide  assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 crore Pucca houses with basic amenities by March, 2024. Under PMAY-G, target of 13,307 houses were allocated to State of Kerala for FY 2021-22 from Awass+ list of beneficiaries and the same have been reduced to 13,117 houses by considering withdrawal of target of 190 houses on account of non-sanctioning of the houses to the beneficiaries by the State within the set deadline.

The Ministry had set the deadline for completing sanction of targeted houses under PMAY-G by 31.12.2022 which was extended many times till 16th January, 2023; 31st January 2023 and finally till 17th February 2023.  Further,  in  respect  of  landless  beneficiaries,  the  deadline  for sanctioning  houses  was  extended  till 31st March,  2023.   Even  after this, States were given ample time to complete sanctioning process of the pending houses. It was also communicated to the States/UTs that in  case  they  fail  to  achieve  100%  sanctioning  of  houses  against  the allocated target, the unsanctioned targets will be liable for withdrawal after the pre-specified deadline. As the targeted houses under PMAY-G are  to  be  completed  by  31 st   March,  2024,  the  Ministry  has  taken  a decision  to  withdraw  targets  against  the  unsanctioned  houses  from the  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  (including  Kerala)  which  were unable  to  sanction  within  stipulated  time-line  and  re-allocated  the targets to better performing States/UTs.

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is supplementing the efforts of States/UTs  by  providing  Central  assistance  under  Pradhan  Mantri Awaas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  since  June,  2015  to  provide  pucca houses with basic amenities to all eligible urban beneficiaries including  minorities  across  the  country.  PMAY-U  is  a  demand  driven scheme  and  Government  of  India  has  not  fixed  any target for construction of houses in States/UTs including State of Kerala.

Under  PMAY-U,  States/UTs  including  State  of  Kerala  have  assessed their actual demand  of houses and prepared project proposals accordingly. Such proposals with due approval of State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) have been submitted to this Ministry in phased  manner  for consideration of Central Sanctioning  and  Monitoring  Committee  (CSMC)  seeking  admissible Central Assistance. Based on the project proposals submitted by the State of Kerala, more than 1.65 lakh houses have been sanctioned as on 10.07.2023.  Of the  sanctioned  houses,  1.48  lakh  have  been grounded for construction of which 1.15 lakh are completed/ delivered to beneficiaries.

(c) to (e): As  per  provisions  of  the  PMAY-G,  there  is  earmarking  of minimum 60% of the targets for Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)  beneficiaries.  However,  there  is  no  separate  earmarking  of targets  for  Minorities  &  these  beneficiaries  are  part  of    "Others category" of beneficiaries.

The PMAY-U provides Central Assistance to States/UTs for construction  of  pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  by  all  eligible urban beneficiaries including minorities across the country.

(f): The target under PMAY-G is construction of 2.95 crore houses by 31 st  March, 2024. At present there is no proposal under consideration to start the next phase of PMAY-G beyond March, 2024.

The implementation period of PMAY-U scheme which was earlier upto 31.03.2022, has since been extended up to 31.12.2024, except Credit Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  (CLSS)  vertical,  to  complete  all  the  houses sanctioned  under  the  scheme  without  changing  the  funding  pattern and implementation methodology.

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