Lok Sabha Question No. 507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Initiatives for Affordable Housing under PMAY-U
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 507

TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2024

## INITIATIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER PMAY-U

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to

- NO. 507. DR. BHOLA SINGH: state:
- (a) whether the Government has taken any new initiatives to support affordable  housing  development  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) in urban areas;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  progress  made  to  achieve  its  target  for affordable housing units during the current fiscal year;
- (c) the details of the corrective steps taken/being taken to address the challenges faced in timely construction and allocation of housing units under the scheme; and
- (d) the  future  goals  to  improve  housing  accessibility  in  metropolitan and high-demand urban areas across the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (d):  'Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens including providing civic amenities are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs). However, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs supplements the  efforts  of  States/UTs  by  providing  Central  Assistance  under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 to provide pucca houses with basic civic amenities to all eligible urban  beneficiaries  across  the  country.  Based  on  the  project proposals submitted by States/UTs, a total of 118.64  lakh  houses

have  been  sanctioned  by  the  Ministry,  out  of  which  114.30  lakh have been grounded and 88.02 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries across the country as on 18.11.2024. The remaining houses  are  at  different  stages  of  construction.  In  the  current fiscal year, 6.14 lakh houses have been completed/delivered and 26.28 lakh under are under construction across the country.

The scheme has been extended till 31.12.2024, except for  Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme  (CLSS) vertical of the scheme, to complete all the houses sanctioned without changing the funding pattern  and  implementation  methodology.  The  Ministry  conducts regular review meetings with States/UTs to complete the remaining houses within the stipulated timeframe.

Learning from the experiences of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban  (PMAY-U),  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  has launched  PMAY-U  2.0  'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from 01.09.2024 to provide Central Assistance to one crore additional households to construct, purchase and rent a house at affordable cost  in  urban  areas  including  metropolitan  areas  across  the country  through  four  verticals  i.e.  Beneficiary  Led  Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).  As on date, 29 States/UTs  have  signed  Memorandum  of  Agreement  (MoA)  to implement  PMAY-U  2.0  as  per  scheme  guidelines.  The  scheme guidelines  are  available  at  https://pmay-urban.gov.in/pmay-u-2.0guidelines.

PMAY-U 2.0 also supports States to formulate Affordable Housing Policies  of  the  State  to  incentivize  and  boost  involvement  of private sector in increasing affordable housing stock.

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