Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Data on Urban Housing Shortages
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Thiru Dayanidhi Maran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 210 TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 29, 2026 DATA ON URBAN HOUSING SHORTAGES

## NO. 210. THIRU DAYANIDHI MARAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  compiled  data  on  urban  housing shortages under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) and the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund during each of the last three years and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the  status  of  proposals  submitted  by  the  State  Government  of  Tamil Nadu  seeking  Central  Assistance  to  address  housing  gaps  in  rapidly urbanising cities and high-concentration areas;
- (c) whether any affordable housing, rental housing or urban infrastructure projects from Tamil Nadu have been approved or are under consideration under PMAY-U or ARHC; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  sanctioned  units,  Union  share released, pending dues, if any, completion timelines and the reasons for any delays in approvals or fund releases?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to (d): Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)  has been implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  since 25.06.2015  with  an  aim  to  provide  all  weather  pucca  houses  with  basic civic  amenities  to  eligible  urban  beneficiaries  across  the  country.  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).

Based on the learnings from the experiences of 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  to  support  1  crore  additional  eligible  beneficiaries  in next  five  years.  PMAY-U  2.0  is  implemented  through  four  verticals  i.e., Beneficiary  Led  Construction  (BLC),  Affordable  Housing  in  Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0 are demand driven schemes with no fixed housing targets  by  the  Government  of  India.  As  per  the  guidelines,  States/Union Territories (UTs) are responsible for identifying beneficiaries, planning and executing  projects  and  allotting  completed  houses.  Citizens  can  apply through  the  Unified  Web  Portal  of  PMAY-U  2.0,  where  States/UTs/Urban Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  verify  applications at multiple  levels  based  on eligibility  criteria.  After  demand  assessment  and  beneficiary  validation, States/UTs  prepare  project  proposals,  which  are  approved  by  the  State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) and then submitted to the Ministry for sanction of Central Assistance by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC). The scheme guidelines and Unified Web Portal for submitting the online applications can be accessed through https://pmay-urban.gov.in.

Based on the project proposal submitted by States/UTs, a total of 122.28 lakh  houses  for  the  beneficiaries  belonging  to  Economically  Weaker Section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG), have been sanctioned under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0 by the Ministry, so far. Out of which, 114.84 lakh houses have been grounded and 97.02 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries across the country as on 22.01.2026. The State/UT-wise and year-wise  details  of  houses  sanctioned  and  completed/delivered  to  the beneficiaries during each of the last three years under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0 are at Annexure-I.

Based on the proposals received from State Government of Tamil Nadu, a total  of  6.79  lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned by the Ministry including 12,048  houses  under  PMAY-U  and  PMAY-U  2.0.  Out  of  which,  more  than 6.69 lakh have been grounded and 6.20 lakh are completed/delivered to the beneficiaries in the urban areas.

MoHUA launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a subscheme  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  to  provide dignified living to urban migrants/poor near their workplace. This scheme is implemented through two models:

- i. Model-1: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses constructed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)  and  Rajiv  Awas  Yojana  (RAY)  to  convert  into  ARHCs through Public Private Partnership (PPP) or by Public Agencies,
- ii. Model-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs  by
3. Public/Private Entities on their own available vacant land.

Under  Model-1,  so  far,  5,648  existing  Government  funded  vacant  houses have been converted into ARHCs in different States/Union Territories (UTs). Under Model-2, MoHUA has approved proposals for 82,273 new ARHC units in 7 States, of which 35,425 have been completed and remaining are under different  stages  of  initiation/construction.  These  ARHCs  provide  dignified living with all civic amenities to the eligible beneficiaries at an affordable rate.    A  total  of  ₹173.89  crore  of  Technology  Innovation  Grant  (TIG)  has been sanctioned, of which ₹83.26 crore has been released under ARHCs.

A total of 53,318 units under ARHCs have been approved for State of Tamil Nadu, of which 36,450 have been completed. A total Technology Innovation Grant (TIG) of 112.28 crore has been sanctioned, of which 68.53 crore has already been released. There have been no delay in release of funds. The the beneficiaries and Central Assistance released in the State of Tamil Nadu details of houses sanctioned, grounded, completed/delivered to under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0 since its inception are at Annexure-II.

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## State/UT-wise and year-wise details of houses sanctioned and completed/delivered to the beneficiaries during each of the last three years under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0

| S. No.   | State/UT          | 2022-23    | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24   | 2024-25    | 2024-25   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| S. No.   | State/UT          | Sanctioned | Completed | Sanctioned | Completed | Sanctioned | Completed |
| 1        | A&N Islands       | 1          | 3         | -          | -         | -          | -         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,92,669   | 2,86,987  | 50,144     | 2,18,500  | 31,252     | 96,415    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 8          | 3,193     | -          | 1,498     | 5,278      | 641       |
| 4        | Assam             | 9,526      | 36,483    | 13,542     | 19,542    | -          | 24,134    |
| 5        | Bihar             | 2,206      | 21,711    | 12,993     | 11,226    | 1,00,014   | 60,867    |
| 6        | Chandigarh        | 130        | 130       | -          | -         | -          | -         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      | 36,936     | 35,926    | 3,515      | 43,389    | -          | 34,726    |
| 8        | Delhi             | 2,669      | 2,669     | -          | -         | -          | -         |
| 9        | Goa               | 330        | 331       | -          | -         | -          | 1         |
| 10       | Gujarat           | 1,42,005   | 1,99,047  | 11,496     | 28,954    | -          | 39,297    |
| 11       | Haryana           | 5,142      | 13,508    | -          | 3,712     | 15,256     | 2,937     |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,117      | 2,155     | 355        | 1,003     | -          | 1,075     |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 266        | 6,622     | 3,677      | 3,626     | 1,272      | 9,127     |
| 14       | Jharkhand         | 6,625      | 15,774    | -          | 17,136    | -          | 17,644    |
| 15       | Karnataka         | 13,509     | 43,045    | 15,391     | 30,793    | -          | 52,466    |
| 16       | Kerala            | 13,877     | 14,823    | 7,752      | 7,350     | -          | 12,693    |
| 17       | Ladakh            | 3          | 106       | -          | 139       | -          | 89        |
| 18       | Lakshadweep       | -          | -         | -          | -         | -          | -         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh    | 66,380     | 1,75,209  | 9,502      | 1,11,350  | -          | 88,221    |
| 20       | Maharashtra       | 1,20,775   | 1,81,306  | 27,114     | 38,183    | -          | 1,31,602  |
| 21       | Manipur           | 21         | 5,690     | -          | 2,934     | -          | 3,085     |
| 22       | Meghalaya         | 4          | 430       | -          | 144       | -          | 678       |
| 23       | Mizoram           | 270        | 1,518     | -          | 1,927     | -          | 16,571    |
| 24       | Nagaland          | 1          | 6,427     | -          | 7,344     | -          | 9,207     |
| 25       | Odisha            | 1,325      | 27,740    | 18,769     | 12,785    | 5,304      | 18,989    |
| 26       | Puducherry        | 457        | 2,032     | 1,810      | 1,270     | 446        | 1,628     |
| 27       | Punjab            | 24,284     | 23,124    | -          | 8,926     | -          | 15,272    |
| 28       | Rajasthan         | 86,107     | 35,518    | 35,325     | 10,253    | 23,799     | 42,698    |
| 29       | Sikkim            | 26         | 26        | -          | -         | -          | -         |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu        | 31,713     | 84,296    | 10,178     | 40,322    | -          | 42,856    |
| 31       | Telangana         | 7,751      | 14,422    | -          | 1,541     | 1,13,681   | 289       |
| 32       | Tripura           | 4,444      | 7,369     | 4,790      | 8,619     | -          | 5,541     |
| 33       | D&NH and D&D      | 1,342      | 2,325     | -          | 470       | -          | 270       |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,25,420   | 2,06,465  | 1,56,763   | 1,99,690  | 55,625     | 2,32,576  |
| 35       | Uttarakhand       | 11,681     | 4,329     | 2,941      | 4,679     | -          | 6,629     |
| 36       |                   |            |           |            |           |            | 64,801    |
|          | West Bengal       | 12,264     | 81,647    | -          | 50,364    | -          |           |
| Total    | Total             | 9,21,284   | 15,42,386 | 3,86,057   | 8,87,669  | 3,51,927   | 10,33,025 |

Details  of  houses  sanctioned,  grounded,  completed/delivered  to  the beneficiaries  and  Central  Assistance  released  in  the  State  of  Tamil Nadu under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0 since its inception

|   S. No. | Particulars                                | Achievement under PMAY-U & PMAY-U 2.0   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Central Assistance Sanctioned (₹ in crore) | 11,152.37                               |
|        2 | Central Assistance Released (₹ in crore)   | 10,741.95                               |
|        3 | Houses Sanctioned (Nos.)                   | 6,79,186                                |
|        4 | Houses Grounded for Construction (Nos.)    | 6,68,510                                |
|        5 | Construction of Houses Completed (Nos.)    | 6,20,093                                |