Lok Sabha Question No. 1925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Land Acquisition under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1925 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## LAND ACQUISITION UNDER PMAY-G

## 1925. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the  existing  provisions  governing  land  acquisition  for  the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojanaGramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) the details of land provided by various State Governments for the said Scheme, Statewise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  Rehabilitation and  Resettlement  Board  to  address  the  problems  of  families affected by land acquisition;
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  details  of  proposed  responsibilities  and  powers  to  be vested upon the said Board?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), as per  the  provisions  of  the  scheme,  the  State/  Union  Territory  (UT) shall ensure that the landless beneficiary is provided land from the government land or any other land including public land (Panchayat common  land,  community  land  or  land  belonging  to  other  local authorities).  For  the  selected  land,  adequate  infrastructure,  viz., electricity, road connectivity and availability of drinking water, solid &  liquid  waste  management  facilities,  may  be  ensured  by  the State/UT Government. The land is a State subject and the Ministry has no role in the land acquisition matters of the States.

- (b): Against 5,73,311 landless beneficiaries identified under PMAYG, the States/UTs have provided land to 3,60,837 (63%) beneficiaries only and a total of 2,12,474 (37%) landless beneficiaries  are  yet  to  be  provided  land  for  the  construction  of houses  under  PMAY-G.  The  State/UT  wise  details  are  given  in
- Annexure.
- (c): The Ministry has been actively pursuing  this matter  with the States/UTs  for  providing  land  to  remaining  landless  beneficiaries. Following steps have been taken by this Ministry:-
- i. Issuing instructions in the Framework For Implementation (FFI) of the  PMAY-G  for  the  States/UTs  to  provision  land  for  landless beneficiaries from the government  land or any other land including  public  land  (Panchayat  common land, community land or land belonging to other local authorities).
- ii. Regular  follow  up  with  the  States/UTs  in  review  meetings  and communications dated 05.09.2018, 04.01.2019, 16.09.2019, 20.07.2020,  16.11.2020,  09.04.2021,  30.04.2021, 31.01.2022, 16.06.2022,  25.11.2022,  06.12.2022,  30.12.2022  and  06.03.2025 have  been  issued  to  the  States/UTs  to  expedite  provisioning  of land for landless beneficiaries under the PMAY-G.
- iii. A module for capturing details of landless beneficiaries has been developed on the AwaasSoft-MIS of PMAY-G for regular monitoring.
- iv. Under PMAY-G, there is no bar on construction of more than one storeyed  houses  /  multi-storeyed  buildings  for  more  than  one PMAY-G beneficiaries combined together to tackle the landlessness issue.
- v. Since the land is a State subject, the Ministry is not in a position to frame a policy on the matter. However, the Ministry during FY 2021-22 has already requested the States/UTs for constituting a Task  force  under  the  chairpersonship  of  the  Chief  Secretary concerned  with  the  Secretary  (Revenue)  and  the  Secretary,  incharge of Department dealing with the PMAY-G.

The  Ministry  in  next  phase  of  the  PMAY-G  (2024-29)  would further monitor the provision of land to all landless beneficiaries.

- (d): There is no proposal under consideration to set up a Rehabilitation and Resettlement Board to address the problems of families affected by land acquisition under the PMAY-G.
- (e): Does not arise.

## (f): Does not arise.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question no. 1925 to be answered on 11.03.2025 regarding ' Land Acquisition under PMAY-G ' State/UT  wise  number  of  landless  beneficiaries  under  the  PMAY-G  identified, provided land/ assistance for purchase of land and yet to be assisted is as under:-

| S. No.   | Name of the State/ UT                | No. of landless beneficiaries reported by States/UTs   | No. of landless beneficiaries provided land/ assistance for purchase of land by the states/UTs   | No. of landless beneficiaries yet to be provided land/ assistance for purchase of land by the States/UTs   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 1,192                                                  | 652                                                                                              | 540                                                                                                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 1,908                                                  | 1,900                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 4        | Assam                                | 72,781                                                 | 40,982                                                                                           | 31,799                                                                                                     |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 22,977                                                 | 11,884                                                                                           | 11,093                                                                                                     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                         | 6,848                                                  | 6,205                                                                                            | 643                                                                                                        |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 8        | Goa                                  | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 9        | Gujarat                              | 14,055                                                 | 13,524                                                                                           | 531                                                                                                        |
| 10       | Haryana                              | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 32                                                     | 24                                                                                               | 8                                                                                                          |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 3,621                                                  | 477                                                                                              | 3144                                                                                                       |
| 13       | Jharkhand                            | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 14       | Karnataka                            | 55,436                                                 | 15,436                                                                                           | 40,000                                                                                                     |
| 15       | Kerala                               | 825                                                    | 503                                                                                              | 322                                                                                                        |
| 16       | Ladakh                               | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                          | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 38,490                                                 | 36,890                                                                                           | 1,600                                                                                                      |
| 19       | Maharashtra                          | 1,09,832                                               | 91,169                                                                                           | 18,663                                                                                                     |
| 20       | Manipur                              | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 21       | Meghalaya                            | 1,492                                                  | 639                                                                                              | 853                                                                                                        |
| 22       | Mizoram                              | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 23       | Nagaland                             | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 24       | Odisha                               | 79,326                                                 | 56,899                                                                                           | 22,427                                                                                                     |
| 25       | Punjab                               | 204                                                    | 195                                                                                              | 9                                                                                                          |
| 26       | Rajasthan                            | 55,722                                                 | 54,641                                                                                           | 1,081                                                                                                      |
| 27       | Sikkim                               | 0                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                          |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                           | 98,904                                                 | 21,406                                                                                           | 77,498                                                                                                     |
| 29       | Tripura                              | 126                                                    | 126                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                          |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 2,224                                                  | 2,224                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                          |
| 31       | Uttarakhand                          | 2,001                                                  | 1,321                                                                                            | 680                                                                                                        |
| 32       | West Bengal                          | 5,315                                                  | 3,740                                                                                            | 1575                                                                                                       |
| Total    | (National)                           | 5,73,311                                               | 3,60,837                                                                                         | 2,12,474                                                                                                   |

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