Lok Sabha Question No. 407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMAY-G in Daman and Diu
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 407 ANSWERED ON 22/07/2025

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G IN DAMAN AND DIU

## 407. SHRI PATEL UMESHBHAI BABUBHAI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details  and  the  number  of  houses  sanctioned  under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (Gramin) in Daman and Diu in the last  ten  years  along  with  the  number  of  houses  constructed each year, year-wise;
- (b) whether the constructed houses have been handed over to all the beneficiaries along with the benefits being afforded to all the beneficiaries;
- (c)
- if so, the details of beneficiaries;
- (d) the  details  of  the  cost  involved  in  the  construction  of  each house and the funds spent thereon; and
- (e) the  Head  under  which  funds  were  spent  to  construct  the houses?

## ANSWER

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

(a): In  order to achieve the objective 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 provide assistance to 4.95 crore eligible  rural  households with basic amenities by March 2029. As on 17.07.2025, a cumulative target of 4.12 crore houses have been allotted to States/UTs out of which  3.84  crore  houses  have  been  sanctioned  and  2.80  crore houses have been completed.

The year-wise details of houses sanctioned and constructed in the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and  Daman& Diu under PMAY-G in the last ten years are as follows:

[Unit in no]

| Financial Year   | Houses Sanctioned   | Houses Completed   |
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| 2016-17          | 286                 | 0                  |
| 2017-18          | 744                 | 7                  |
| 2018-19          | 4,394               | 203                |
| 2019-20          | 0                   | 221                |
| 2020-21          | 0                   | 972                |
| 2021-22          | 1,010               | 641                |
| 2022-23          | 0                   | 1,486              |
| 2023-24          | 4,526               | 359                |
| 2024-25          | 0                   | 1,076              |

- (b) & (c): The  PMAY-G  is  a  beneficiary  led  scheme  wherein  the house  is  constructed  by  the  beneficiary  himself/herself  or  under his/her supervision.
- (d): The scheme provides unit financial Assistance of Rs.1.20 lakh in Daman & Diu. Additional assistance of Rs. 12,000/- is extended for construction  of  toilets  through  convergence  with  Swacch  Bharat Mission -Gramin (SBM-G), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  or  other  dedicated source of funding. UT of DNH&DD provides a top-up of Rs 1.20 lakh to  the  beneficiaries. Central  share  of  Rs.  88.30  crore  have  been released to the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu by the Ministry till date.
- (e): Under  PMAY-G,  the  Ministry  releases  Central  Share  of  funds directly  to  States/UTs  considering  them  as  a  single  unit.  Further disbursal of funds as installments of assistance to the beneficiaries is done by the States/UTs.

The assistance under the scheme is provided to the beneficiaries  directly  into  their  bank  account/  post  office  account through  Aadhaar  Based  Payment  System/Direct  Benefit  Transfer (DBT) in construction linked installments by the States/UTs.

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