Lok Sabha Question No. 1204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Shortage of Houses under PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1204

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 27, 2023

## SHORTAGE OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY-U NO.1204.   SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U), initially the total housing shortage was estimated at two crore houses and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether presently the actual demand for housing under the scheme stands at 1.23 crore and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  an  impact  assessment survey to gauge the reasons for this gap;
- (d) whether the Government has considered that homeless people might not  have  availed  its  benefits  due  to  non-fulfillment  of  eligibility conditions or requirement of land; and
- (e) if so, whether the Government has considered to amend the scheme or  formulating  another  scheme  to  provide  housing  for  the  urban poor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) to (c) The 'Land' and 'Colonisation' are State subject. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) under 'Housing for All' Mission since June 2015 by  providing  Central  assistance  to  supplement  efforts  of  States/  Union Territories (UTs) for providing all weather 'pucca' houses with basic civic services to all eligible urban beneficiaries.

PMAY-U  has  adopted  a  demand  driven  approach  and  there  are  no fixed targets. As per demand survey conducted by States/UTs, a demand of  1.12  crore  houses  was  assessed  in  2017-18.  The  demand  of  housing being dynamic in nature, additional housing demand of urban households who became eligible during the implementation of the scheme, was also covered under PMAY-U.

Hence, based on the project proposals submitted by States/ UTs, as on 10.07.2023, 118.90 lakh houses have been sanctioned under PMAY-U, out of which 112.22 lakh have been grounded for construction; of which 75.31 lakh had been completed and delivered to beneficiaries.

(d)&(e)  The  scheme  is  being  implemented  through  four  verticals,  i.e., Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC);  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership (AHP);  In-Situ  Slum  Redevelopment  (ISSR)  and  Credit  Linked  Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) based on eligibility criteria as per scheme guidelines.

CLSS  for  Middle  Income  Group  (MIG)  under  PMAY-U  was  from 01.01.2017,  initially  for  one  year,  and  was  extended  up  to  31.03.2021. CLSS vertical for EWS/LIG was up to 31.03.2022. The beneficiary can avail benefit  in  any  one  of  the  above  four  vertical.  Under  AHP  and  CLSS verticals  of  PMAY-U,  an  EWS  household  which  does  not  possess  land could avail benefit.

The scheme period, which  was earlier  upto  31.03.2022,  has  since  been extended  upto  31.12.2024,  except  CLSS  vertical,  to  complete  all  the houses sanctioned without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

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