Lok Sabha Question No. 4754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Status of PMAY-U in Bhiwandi
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4754 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 21, 2025

## STATUS OF PMAY-U IN BHIWANDI

## NO. 4754.  SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  most  of  houses  sanctioned  under  the Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Urban  (PMAY-U)  in  Bhiwandi  city  of Maharashtra are not yet completed and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the number of houses sanctioned, under construction and completed in Maharashtra, district-wise, particularly in Bhiwandi;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  Affordable  Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) in semi-urban industrial areas such as Bhiwandi and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has provided timely approvals and financial assistance to the proposals sent by the State Governments; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, particularly in respect of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a)to(e):  'Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore,  schemes related  to  housing  for  their  citizens  are  implemented  by  States/Union Territories  (UTs).  However,  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA)  supplements  the  efforts  of  States/Union  Territories  (UTs),  by providing  Central  Assistance  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U)  since  25.06.2015  to  provide  pucca  houses  to  eligible  urban beneficiaries  across  the  country.  The  details  of  the  number  of  houses sanctioned,  under  construction  and  completed  in  Maharashtra,  districtwise, particularly in Bhiwandi is at Annexure-I.

The timeline for completion of houses/projects varies from State to State and it  generally  takes  12-36  months  in  different  verticals  of  the  scheme and  as  per  Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs)  of  respective  projects.  The completion timeline for houses depends on various factors like availability of encumbrance free land, statutory compliances for start of construction, arrangement of funds by beneficiaries etc.

MoHUA launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a subscheme  of  PMAY-U  to  provide  dignified  living  to  Economically  Weaker Section  (EWS)/Low  Income  Group  (LIG)  urban  migrants/poor  including industrial  workers  near  their  workplace  through  single/double  bedroom units or dormitory beds in the country, including Maharashtra. No proposal under ARHCs has been received from the State Government of Maharashtra.

Further, based on 9 years of experience and learning from implementing PMAY-U,  MoHUA  has  revamped  the  scheme  and  launched  PMAY-U  2.0 'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from  01.09.2024  to  assist  1  crore additional eligible urban beneficiaries through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership (AHP),  Affordable  Rental  Housing  (ARH)  and  Interest  Subsidy  Scheme (ISS).    The  scheme  guidelines  of  PMAY-U  2.0  may  be  accessed  at https://pmay-urban.gov.in. ARH  vertical of PMAY-U  2.0 is based on learnings  of  ARHC  and  aims  to  construct  rental  housing  projects  for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/Low Income Group (LIG) beneficiaries including migrant workers and other poor who do not want to own a house but require housing for short term basis.

All Statutory Towns as per Census 2011 and towns notified subsequently and areas falling within the boundary of Notified Planning Areas, Notified Planning/ Development area under the jurisdiction of Industrial Development Authority/Special Area Development Authority/Urban Development Authority or any such Authority under State legislation which is  entrusted  with  the  functions  of  urban  planning  and  regulations  are included for the coverage under the Scheme for all verticals.

Central assistance under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0 is released to States/UTs in  three  installments  of  40%,  40%  and  20%.  The  release  of  Central assistance is incumbent upon fulfillment of mandatory compliances by the concerned States/UTs as per operational guidelines and other instructions issued  by  Ministry  of  Finance.  Due  installment  of  Central  assistance  is released  as  soon  as  requisite  compliances  are  achieved  in  sanctioned projects,  to  concerned  State  Government  for  transferring  it  along  with matching  state  share  to  the  identified  beneficiaries  for  construction  of houses under the scheme.

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District-wise  Number  of  houses  sanctioned,  grounded  for  construction  and  completed  in  Maharashtra,  particularly  in Bhiwandi under PMAY-U & PMAY 2.0

| Sr. No.   | District                    | No. of Houses sanctioned   | No. of Houses Grounded for construction   | No. of Houses completed   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Ahilyanagar                 | 21,560                     | 21,087                                    | 19,728                    |
| 2         | Akola                       | 14,082                     | 12,294                                    | 9,786                     |
| 3         | Amravati                    | 25,608                     | 22,137                                    | 17,496                    |
| 4         | Beed                        | 17,856                     | 14,329                                    | 9,105                     |
| 5         | Bhandara                    | 5,847                      | 5,245                                     | 4,295                     |
| 6         | Buldhana                    | 8,540                      | 6,971                                     | 6,001                     |
| 7         | Chandrapur                  | 10,084                     | 8,477                                     | 6,525                     |
| 8         | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar   | 43,156                     | 30,604                                    | 26,269                    |
| 9         | Dharashiv                   | 8,916                      | 7,084                                     | 4,964                     |
| 10        | Dhule                       | 6,092                      | 5,815                                     | 5,470                     |
| 11        | Gadchiroli                  | 4,426                      | 3,802                                     | 3,058                     |
| 12        | Gondia                      | 7,434                      | 6,012                                     | 2,855                     |
| 13        | Hingoli                     | 12,038                     | 9,648                                     | 6,062                     |
| 14        | Jalgaon                     | 28,598                     | 27,246                                    | 25,073                    |
| 15        | Jalna                       | 13,730                     | 11,434                                    | 7,826                     |
| 16        | Kolhapur                    | 13,618                     | 13,045                                    | 12,762                    |
| 17        | Latur                       | 16,265                     | 14,454                                    | 10,957                    |
| 18        | Mumbai Suburban             | 1,41,518                   | 1,41,518                                  | 1,37,796                  |
| 19        | Nagpur                      | 66,518                     | 62,669                                    | 42,353                    |
| 20        | Nanded                      | 26,668                     | 23,282                                    | 17,609                    |
| 21        | Nandurbar                   | 3,632                      | 3,466                                     | 2,743                     |
| 22        | Nashik                      | 64,811                     | 64,353                                    | 63,190                    |
| 23        | Palghar                     | 49,113                     | 48,922                                    | 42,416                    |
| 24        | Parbhani                    | 22,385                     | 19,059                                    | 10,427                    |
| 25        | Pune                        | 2,23,478                   | 2,08,884                                  | 2,01,640                  |
| 26        | Raigad                      | 63,844                     | 61,604                                    | 49,963                    |
| 27        | Ratnagiri                   | 3,871                      | 3,869                                     | 3,792                     |
| 28        | Sangli                      | 11,163                     | 10,368                                    | 9,270                     |
| 29        | Satara                      | 24,183                     | 13,630                                    | 11,537                    |
| 30        | Sindhudurg                  | 1,757                      | 1,665                                     | 1,277                     |
| 31        | Solapur                     | 61,651                     | 54,413                                    | 32,218                    |
| 32        | Thane* (including Bhiwandi) | 1,95,844                   | 1,88,779                                  | 1,71,805                  |
| 33        | Wardha                      | 8,962                      | 8,030                                     | 6,767                     |
| 34        | Washim                      | 4,674                      | 3,682                                     | 3,014                     |
| 35        | Yavatmal                    | 18,516                     | 14,091                                    | 9,499                     |
| Total     | Total                       | 12,50,438                  | 11,51,968                                 | 9,95,548                  |