Lok Sabha Question No. 4749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Affordable Housing Units
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4749

ANSWERED ON AUGUST 21, 2025

## AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS

## NO. 4749.   SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

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

- (a) the current shortage of affordable housing units in urban areas as on June, 2025, city and State-wise;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) as on June, 2025;
- (c) the number of applications under-review and pending under the yojana;
- (d) the number of housing units approved and finalised during 2024-25 under PMAY-U;
- (e) the measures being undertaken by the Government to address the shortage of housing units; and
- (f) whether models of public-private partnership are being explored for the purpose, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): 'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects.  The assessment of housing need and providing housing for their citizens are  done  by  States/Union  Territories  (UTs).  However,  Ministry  of Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  supplements  the  efforts  of States/UTs  by  providing  Central  Assistance  under  Pradhan  Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) since June 25, 2015 to provide pucca house in urban areas across the country. The scheme period has been extended up to 31.12.2025 to complete sanctioned houses without changing  the  funding  pattern  and  implementation  methodology. Based on the learnings from the experiences of implementation of PMAY-U, MoHUA has revamped the scheme and launched PMAY-U 2.0 'Housing for All' Mission with effect from 01.09.2024 for implementation in urban areas across the country to support 1 crore additional  eligible  beneficiaries  in  next  five  years.  PMAY-U  2.0  is implemented through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership  (AHP),  Affordable  Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0  are  demand  driven  schemes.  As  per  the scheme guidelines, selection of beneficiaries, formulation of projects and execution are done by States/UTs. After demand assessment and verification, States/UTs prepare project proposals and after approval of State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC), these are submitted to the Ministry for sanctioning of admissible Central Assistance by Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).  Moreover,  conducting  demand  surveys  in  their  respective jurisdictions and validating the beneficiaries to ascertain eligibility by the States/UTs is a continuous process.  Eligible citizens are also allowed  to  apply  through  Unified  Web  Portal  of  PMAY-U  2.0  and register their demand. The scheme guidelines and Unified Web Portal for  submitting  the  online  applications  can  be  accessed  through https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

Based on the project proposal submitted by States/UTs, a total of 119.31 lakh houses including 7.15 lakh under PMAY-U 2.0, have been sanctioned under PMAY-U by the Ministry, so far. Out of which 112.98 lakh houses have been grounded and 93.81 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries across the country, as on 04.08.2025.  Out  of  total  sanctioned  houses,  a  total  of  3.53  lakh houses  were  sanctioned  under  PMAY-U  2.0  during  2024-25.  Now, houses are being sanctioned under PMAY-U 2.0 only, based on the proposals submitted by States/UTs.

- (f): As per the scheme guidelines of PMAY-U 2.0, the AHP projects may be constructed by the Private Developers on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode on their own available encumbrance free land for a project exclusively for Economic Waker Section (EWS) category or mixed housing project, if at least 25% of the houses in the project are for EWS category. Under ARH vertical of PMAY-U 2.0, the existing Government funded vacant houses can be converted into ARH under PPP mode. Further, Public/Private Entities can construct, operate and maintain  rental  housing  in  partnership  for  urban  poor,  working women, employees of Industries, Industrial Estates, Institutions and other eligible EWS/Low Income Group (LIG) families.

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