Lok Sabha Question No. 2322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: PMAY-U Projects in Chandigarh
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2322

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 13, 2025

## PMAY-U PROJECTS IN CHANDIGARH

## NO. 2322.   SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  houses  constructed  under  the  Pradhan Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  in  Maloya,  Chandigarh, remain unallotted and are in a dilapidated condition;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor, especially when Chandigarh is yet to achieve the status of a slum-free city;
- (c) the number of houses constructed under various projects of PMAYU and PMAY 2.0 schemes in Chandigarh since their inception, year-
- wise;
- (d) the number of beneficiaries under each of the four verticals of the PMAY-U scheme in Chandigarh since its inception, year-wise; and
- (e) the total budgetary allocation and expenditure under the PMAY-U and  PMAY  2.0  schemes  in  Chandigarh  since  its  inception,  yearwise?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to (c): Ministry of Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015  to  provide  all  weather  pucca  houses  with  basic  civic amenities to eligible urban beneficiaries across the country including  Chandigarh.  The  scheme  is  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).

PMAY-U  is  a  demand  driven  scheme.  Selection  of  beneficiaries, under various verticals preferred by the beneficiaries, formulation of projects  and  execution  is  done  by  States/Union  Territories  (UTs). States/UTs  prepare  project  proposals  and  after  approval  of  State Level  Sanctioning  and  Monitoring  Committee  (SLSMC),  headed  by Chief Secretary of the State/UT, these are submitted to the Ministry Central for sanctioning of admissible Central Assistance by Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).

Based  on  the  project  proposals  submitted  by  States/UTs,  as  on 03.03.2025, a total of 118.64 lakh houses have been sanctioned by the  Ministry,  out  of  which  112.23  lakh  have  been  grounded  and 90.56 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries across the country including Chandigarh.

A  total  of  1,255  families  have  availed  benefits  of  interest  subsidy under CLSS vertical of the Scheme in UT of Chandigarh. The UT has not submitted any proposal to the Ministry for sanction in any other vertical of PMAY-U so far.

However,  2,195  houses  constructed  under  Jawahar  lal  Nehru National  Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JnNURM)  at  Maloya,  Chandigarh have  been  converted  under  Affordable  Rental  Housing  Complexes (ARHCs), of which a total of 1,997 houses are at present allotted to the beneficiaries on rental basis and houses are being used.

- (d)  &  (e):  Based  on  the  learning  from  the  experiences  of  9  years 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 for  1  crore  additional  eligible  beneficiaries  at  affordable  cost through  four  verticals  i.e.,  Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

As  PMAY-U  2.0  is  a  demand  driven  scheme,  there  is  no  specific budgetary allocation for States/UTs under the scheme. As per the

scheme guidelines, selection of beneficiaries, formulation of projects  and  execution  is  done  by  States/UTs.  After  demand assessment and verification, States/UTs prepare project proposals and after approval of SLSMC, these are submitted to the Ministry for sanctioning of admissible Central Assistance by CSMC. However, inprinciple  approval  of  more  than  6.75  lakh  houses  have  been provided  to  30  States/UTs  which  have  signed  Memorandum  of Agreement (MoA) to implement PMAY-U 2.0 for eligible beneficiaries.  The  scheme  guidelines  and  Unified  Web  Portal  for submitting the online applications can be accessed through https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

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