Lok Sabha Question No. 1901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: High Cost Burden on Beneficiaries under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1901 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## HIGH COST BURDEN ON BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMAY-G

## 1901. SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government plans to ease the high-cost burden on beneficiaries under  the  Pradhan  MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  current amount  per  unit  assistance  under  the  said  Yojana,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) the details of units sanctioned, constructed and unoccupied in Raebareli  Parliamentary  Constituency,  if  so,  the  reasons  for non-occupancy of constructed units; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding arbitrary  exclusion  of  beneficiaries  under  the  said  Yojana  in Raebareli Parliamentary Constituency, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) & (b): Under Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), the unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in North  Eastern  States,  Hilly  States  (including  UTs  of  J&K  and Ladakh) is provided. In addition to the unit assistance, the beneficiaries are facilitated with 90/95 man days of unskilled labour wages  through  mandatory  convergence  with  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Support of  Rs.  12,000  for  construction  of  toilet  is  also  provided  through Swacch Bharat Mission  -  Gramin  (SBM-G),  MGNREGS  or  any  other dedicated source of funding.

The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of PMAY-G till March, 2029 as per the existing unit assistance for construction of 2 crore more houses. The unit assistance provided to beneficiaries  under  PMAY-G  is  as  per  the  approval  of  the  Union Cabinet and at present, there is no proposal under consideration in the Ministry for increasing the unit financial assistance.

## (c): The progress of the scheme  in Raebareli Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh is as under :

[unit in no]

| District/Parliamentary Constituency   | Target allocated by the State   | Houses Sanctioned by the state   | Completed Houses   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|
| Raebareli                             | 81,829                          | 81,823                           | 81,495             |

The PMAY-G is being implemented by the State Governments. The  Ministry  releases  central  share  to  the  concerned  States/UTs which  further provide  financial  assistance  to  the  beneficiaries  in progress  linked  installments.  The  houses  under  the  scheme  are constructed  by  the  beneficiaries  themselves  or  got  constructed under  their  supervision  and  no  contractor  is  engaged  by  the States/UTs  for  the  construction.  The  Ministry  does  not  maintain details of occupancy of the constructed units.

(d): No.

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