Lok Sabha Question No. 2547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Introduction of AwaasPlus App under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Praveen Patel, Ms Kangna Ranaut, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Dr. Hemang Joshi, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Shri Chintamani Maharaj, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Janardan Mishra, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2547 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025

## INTRODUCTION OF AWAASPLUS APP UNDER PMAY-G

## 2547. Smt. AparajitaSarangi:

- Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat:
- Smt. Himadri Singh:
- Shri ParbhubhaiNagarbhaiVasava:
- Dr. Manna LalRawat:
- Shri LumbaramChoudhary:
- Shri Praveen Patel:
- Shri ChintamaniMaharaj:
- Dr. Hemang Joshi:
- Shri NabaCharanMajhi:
- Shri ChavdaVinodLakhamshi:
- MsKangnaRanaut:
- Dr. Rajesh Mishra:
- Shri Janardan Mishra:
- Shri RajkumarChahar:

## Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the objective and purpose of the AwaasPlus App 2024 introduced  under  Pradhan  MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin  (PMAYG);
- (b) the  details  of  the  features  of  the  AwaasPlus  App  which  may help  PMAY-G  beneficiaries  access  scheme-related  resources and information;
- (c) whether  PMAY-G  uses  AI/ML  technology  to  curb  fraudulent activities during house inspections; and
- (d) if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st 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.

In accordance with the approval of the Government of India, a 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.

Awaas+  2024  Mobile  application  is  a  unique  app  specially designed under the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), having features as under:-

- i.
- Assisted survey through pre-registered surveyors,
- 'Self-Survey' facility is available for eligible households in
- ii. Awaas+2024 app,
- iii.
- iv.
- Housing typology selection,
- Aadhar based e-KYC Face authentication,
- Data capture of household, conditions of existing house, time stamped, and geo tagged photo capture of existing house and
- v. proposed site of construction,
- vi.
- The app works in online as well as offline mode.

The Ministry has also developed AwaasSAKHI (Support Application  for  Knowledge,  Help  and  Innovation)  -  an  innovative mobile  application  designed  to  streamline  access  to  PMAY-G  by consolidating key information and resources in one place.

- (c) & (d): Usage  of  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)/  Machine  Learning (ML) model is done under the PMAY-G to curb fraudulent activity and provide  information  of  possible  malpractices,  and  the  details  are provided as under:-
- i. Recommendation System 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.
- ii. Anomaly  Detection  and  Fraud  Prevention  module  calculates similarity score between the photograph of house that is being inspected and other houses in the vicinity to prevent any kind of fraudulent activity in this regard.
- iii. e-KYC of the beneficiaries through integration with Aadhaar and AI-enabled face authentication technology to conduct verification of PMAY-G beneficiaries.
- iv. Liveliness  Detection:  Eye  Blink/  Motion  detection  feature  in Awaas App for identification of the beneficiaries.

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