Lok Sabha Question No. 2965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Houses to Maharashtra under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2965 ANSWERED ON 18/03/2025

## HOUSES TO MAHARASHTRA UNDER PMAY-G

## 2965. ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the target set for Maharashtra under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin  (PMAY-G)  which  was  launched  to provide assistance and houses to those who  are really deprived is low, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b)
- the details of criteria on which the target set;
- (c) whether beneficiaries of  PMAY-G  in  NandurbarLok  Sabha Parliamentary  constituency  have  a  pucca  house,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) the reasons for delay in payment of installments to beneficiaries under the said scheme; and
- (e) whether steps have been taken by the Government to solve the issues in rural areas, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No.  The  Ministry  has  already  allocated  target  of  33.41  lakh houses  for  the  State  of  Maharashtra  under  the  PMAY-G  against which as of 12.03.2025, the State has given sanctions to 32.17 lakh beneficiaries,  first  installment  of  assistance  has  been  released  to 28.03 lakh beneficiaries and 12.76 lakh houses are already completed. A total of 13.29 lakh eligible beneficiaries are remaining in the existing Awaas+ 2018 database for the State of Maharashtra which  are  not  covered  within  the  targets  allocated  till  date.  The Government  of  India  has  approved  the  implementation  of  the scheme for 5 more years for constructing 2 crore additional houses. Approval  has  been  provided  for  saturating  the  Awaas+  (2018)  list (after updation) and balance eligible households in Socio Economic

Caste Census (SECC) 2011 based Permanent Wait List, by providing assistance within overall ceiling of 2 crore pucca houses.

- (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  PMAY-G,  the universe  of  eligible  beneficiaries  includes  all  the  houseless  and households living  in  zero,  one  or  two  rooms  with  kutcha  wall  and kutcha roof (kutcha houses) as per Socio - Economic Caste Census (SECC)  2011  &Awaas+  2018  survey  data.  The  beneficiaries  are identified  on  the  basis  of  housing  deprivation  parameters  and exclusion criteria prescribed under SECC 2011. These parameters/criteria  are  applied  both  on  SECC  2011  and  Awaas+, 2018 survey databases and then they are further subjected to due verification by Gram Sabha and an appellate process thereafter to arrive at the final list of eligible beneficiaries.

The targets to the States and Union Territories (UTs) are allocated from  the  SECC  2011  based  Permanent  Wait  List  (PWL)  and  the existing  finalisedAwaas+  2018  survey  list  based  on  the  number  of eligible beneficiaries remaining and performance of the States/UTs. The  SECC  2011  based  PWL  has  been  saturated  for  all  States/UTs and Awaas + 2018 survey list has been saturated through allocation of  targets  for  22  States/UTs  namely,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Goa, Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Kerala, Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Manipur,  Nagaland,  Odisha,  Punjab,  Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  and  Daman  &  Diu,  Lakshadweep,  Andhra Pradesh, and Ladakh.

In  addition,  the  Government  of  India  has  provided  approval  for updating  the  Awaas  +  list  for  identifying  additional  eligible  rural households using modified exclusion criteria under the scheme. In line with the approval of the Government of India, Awaas + survey is being conducted through Awaas + 2024 Mobile App for identification of additional eligible rural households under PMAY-G.

- (c): Under  PMAY-G,  the  Ministry  allocates  target  to  the  State considering  it  as  one  unit  and  the  District/Block/Gram  Panchayatwise targets are fixed by the State Government. The NandurbarLok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency comprises of 4 blocks of Nandurbar district, namely Akkalkuwa, Shahada, Nandurbar&Nawapur and 2 blocks of Dhule district, namely

Sakri&Shirpur. In the areas falling within the NandurbarLok Sabha Parliamentary  Constituency,  the  State  of  Maharashtra  has  fixed target  for  construction  of  2,91,416  houses  out  of  which  as  of the

12.03.2025, 2,82,424 houses have been sanctioned to beneficiaries and 1,21,286 pucca houses are already completed.

- (d): The Central Assistance under PMAY-G is released directly to the State/UT considering the State/UT as a unit. Further release of these funds to beneficiaries in progress linked installments, is done by the respective State/UT Governments. Under the PMAY-G, overall the  States/UTs  have  given  sanctions  to  3.55  crore  beneficiaries, released first installment of assistance for 3.23 crore beneficiaries, second  installment  of  assistance  for  2.87  crore  beneficiaries,  3rd installment of assistance for 2.72 crore beneficiaries and 2.72 crore houses are completed as of 12.03.2025. In the State of Maharashtra, first  installment  of  assistance  has  been  released  to  28.03  lakh beneficiaries, second  installment of assistance to 14.15 lakh beneficiaries, third instalment of assistance to 12.86 lakh beneficiaries and 12.76 lakh houses are completed.

The  State/District/Block/Gram  Panchayat  level  details  of  targets allocated, houses sanctioned, release of installments of assistance the programme website at www.pmayg.nic.in---->AwaasSoft ----> Reports and house completion under PMAY-G, can be seen at ----> House progress against the target financial year.

- (e): Under PMAY-G, assistance is released to beneficiaries by the State  Government  in  minimum  3  instalments,  which  are  linked  to stages  of  construction  of  a  house.  The  Ministry  is  taking  the following steps to ensure timely release of installment of assistance and house completion under PMAY-G:
- i.
- Regular review of progress at the level of Ministry.
- Launch of dedicated PMAY-G analytic Dashboard for monitoring
- ii. and supervision of the scheme.
- iii. Timely  allocation  of  targets  to  the  States/UTs  and  release  of adequate funds.
- iv. Regular  follow  ups  with  the  State  to  ensure  release  of  central and  state  share  of  funds  and  provision  of  land  to  landless
- beneficiaries in rural areas.
- v. Awards  to  the  best  performing  States/UTs,  Districts  based  on performance index dashboard, thereby creating healthy competition and motivation among the States/UTs for achieving the set targets.

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