Lok Sabha Question No. 4131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Pucca Houses under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4131 ANSWERED ON 25/03/2025

## PUCCA HOUSES UNDER PMAY-G

## 4131. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whetherpucca  houses  provided  to  each  poor  family  under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (PMAY-G);
- (b) the  target  of  poor  people  who  are  going  to  get  the  pucca houses during the current financial year;
- (c) whether complaints have been received regarding extortion of money by the middlemen from the beneficiary of the scheme and as a result the people could not construct their houses;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  it  a  full  proof scheme by doing away the culture of middlemen and by making the Government officer more accountable;
- (e) the details of the funds sanctioned and schemes implemented during the last five years in Darbhanga;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to send a Central Investigation team for the investigation of all the implemented schemes in Darbhanga; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin is one of the flagship schemes  of  Government  of  India  which  aims  to  achieve  the objective  "Housing  for  All"  by  providing  4.95  Crorepucca  houses with  basic  amenities  by  convergence  with  other  Schemes  to  all houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated house  in rural  areas  by  2029. Under  PMAY-G,  the beneficiaries are identified based on the housing deprivation parameters  and  exclusion  criteria  prescribed  under  the  Socio-

Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 &finalized Awaas+ 2018 lists subject  to  due  verification  by  the  concerned  Gram  Sabha  and completion of the Appellate Process. Further, the Union Cabinet has also approved the updation of the theAwaas+  2018  List for identifying additional eligible rural households using modified exclusion  criteria  under  the  scheme.  Further,  in  accordance  with the approval of Union Cabinet, a survey is being conducted for the identification of additional eligible  rural  households  under  the scheme through Awaas+ 2024 Mobile App which has already been launched on 17.09.2024. In order to ensure inclusiveness, the App has provision for both Self-survey and assisted survey through preregistered surveyors.

- (b): During the financial year 2024-25, under PMAY-G, a target of 84.45 lakh houses has been allotted to the States UTs, out of which, 62.57  lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned  and  7.00 lakh  completed as on 20.03.2025.
- (c) & (d): Under PMAY-G, funds are released by Central Government to State Government treasury, and later deposited into the State Nodal Account for PMAY-G by the State Government along with Matching state share. Thereafter, consequent upon generation of  Fund  Transfer  Orders  (FTOs),  funds  are  directly  released  to  the bank  account  of  beneficiary  through  Direct  Bank  Transfer  (DBT) since  inception  of  the  scheme.  Monitoring  of  PMAY-G  is  done through  real  time  capture  of  progress  using  workflow  enabled transactional  data  in  MIS  i.e.  AwaasSoft.  For  process  monitoring, inspection is done  by central teams, state/district/block level officials of the state. Monitoring is also done by District Development Coordination and Monitoring (DISHA) Committee headed  by  Members  of  Parliament  and  via  Social  Audit,  etc.  The National Level Monitoring system of Ministry of Rural Development is a third-party monitoring and reporting  mechanism  working towards regular assessment of implementation of Rural Development Programmes/ Schemes including PMAY-G in the country. The Guidelines provide that a grievance redressal mechanism is to be set up at different levels of administration viz., Gram  Panchayat,  Block,  District  and  the  State  under  PMAY-G.  An official  of  the  State  Government  is  designated  at  each  level  to ensure disposal of grievances to the satisfaction of the complainant within  a  period  of  15  days  from  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the grievance / complaint. With regard to the complaints received in the Ministry of Rural Development through CPGRAMS or otherwise, the same is forwarded to the respective State Government for redressal of  the  grievance  as  the  State  Government  is  implementing  the

PMAY-G  on  the  ground.  The  officers  designated  at  each  level  for redressal  of  grievances  take  necessary  action  and  furnish  the Action Taken  Report  to the Ministry under intimation to the complainant within one month of receipt of the complaint from the Ministry.

In addition, the States/UTs utilize the services of Ombudsperson  under  MGNREGA  to  dispose  of  grievances  and reported incidences of irregularities under PMAY-G to expeditiously redress the grievances and to uphold the rights of the rural poor.

(e): Under the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana -Gramin (PMAY-G), the funds to the State are being released based on the basis of proposal received from the State based on the requirement of beneficiaries who have been sanctioned houses, unspent balance available in the State  Nodal  Account,  achievements  of  prescribed  physical  and financial  progress  as  per  the  programme  guidelines.  The  Central Assistance under PMAY-G is released directly to the State considering  the  State  as  a  unit.  Further  release  of  these  funds  to beneficiaries in various districts is done by the respective State/UT Governments. The release is contingent on the utilization of funds including the release of matching  state  share, submission  of utilization certificate and utilization up to the level specified by the Ministry of Finance and as per Scheme Guidelines.

The details of houses completed in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar in the last five years is as under:

| Year    | Houses Completed   |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2019-20 | 22,442             |
| 2020-21 | 77,989             |
| 2021-22 | 49,118             |
| 2022-23 | 29,329             |
| 2023-24 | 2284               |
| TOTAL   | 1,81,162           |

The year wise funds released to the State of Bihar during the last five years are as follows:

(Rs in cr.)

|               | F Central Share released   |
|---------------|----------------------------|
| inancial Year |                            |
| 2019-20       | 4902.97                    |
| 2020-21       | 6683.93                    |
| 2021-22       | 3082.22                    |
| 2022-23       | 7497.21                    |
| 2023-24       | 29.65                      |
| TOTAL         | 22,195.98                  |

(f) & (g): At present, there is no such proposal under consideration for sending a central team to Darbhanga district.

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