Lok Sabha Question No. 2083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Houses to Poor under IAY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2083

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## HOUSES TO POOR UNDER IAY

## 2083. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of villages which have extremely poor and backward inhabitan belonging to different categories other than SCs/STs have not been covered under Indira  AwaasYojana(IAY)  in  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  the reof  and  the    reasons therefor;
- (b) the details and nature of complaints received regarding Indira AwaasYojana(IAY) fr various quarters including public representatives in the country during the last th and  the  current  year  ,  State/  UT - wise  and  cate gory - wise  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government thereon; and
- (c) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government for construction of houses unde said scheme at the earliest/ expeditiously?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPME NT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) :Indira AwaasYojana (IAY) is an ongoing allocation based scheme under which funds are allocated to the States and physical targets fixed in accordance with a pre - determined criteria assigning  75%  weightage  to  the  housing shortage  as  per  the  latest  Census  data  and  25% weightage to the poverty ratio uniformly to all the States across the country.

Under IAY, at the national level 60% of the fund is earmarked for SCs and STs with proportion  between  SCs  and  STs  being  decid ed  from  time  to  time  by  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development and reflected in the targets. Further, 15% of the fund is set apart for bene from among the minorities. The States are to ensure that atleast 3% of beneficiaries are from among  persons  with disabilities. Within  overall  target,  allocation  of  funds  for  SCs,  STs  an Minorities  is  made  on  the  basis  of  the  proportionate  population  of  these  categories States/UTs suitably adjusted to avoid distortions. S ates follow this principle for alloca tion of targets below the State level.

(b) : To  address  the  issues  of irregularities in the scheme  related  to delay  in  release  of payment, embezzlement of fund, irregularities in selection of beneficiaries, tempering list,  involvement  of  contractors  etc. the  Ministry has  issued  a  detailed  Standard  Operating Procedure  for  dealing  with such  complaints  by  th e  States/UTs.In  the  case  of  complaints received from VIPs and in respect of complaints where the issue raised, prima - facia seems to be serious in nature, National Level Monitors (NLMs) on the panel of this Ministry are depu investigate the complain ts.  If irregularities are established, the concerned State Governme requested to take appropriate action.

A  state/UT - wise  number  of  complaints  received  under  IAY  and  which  have  been forwarded  to  the  respective  States  /  UTs  during  the  last  three  yea rs  and  current  year  is  at Annexure.

(c) : Monitoring of progress under IAY is done through AwaasSoft which is a comprehensive  MIS  designed  to  capture  various  transactions  in  the  implementation  of  I States are required to  place all data regarding beneficia ries, progress of construction and release of funds including photographs and inspection report on AwaasSoft based on which the Mini monitors the financial and physical progress of the scheme. In addition the implementat IAY is reviewed in PRC me etings on quarterly basis, State Coordinating Officers meeting o monthly basis, Area Officer's visits and National Level Monitors visits.

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Annexure State-wise status of complaints (IAY) sent to State Government.

| S. No.   | State            |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   Current year 2015-16 (As on date) |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradhesh  |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 2        | Assam            |         4 |         3 |        17 |                                   4 |
| 3        | Bihar            |        20 |        18 |        22 |                                  12 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 5        | Gujarat          |         2 |         0 |         1 |                                   0 |
| 6        | Haryana          |         0 |         2 |         0 |                                   1 |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir  |         2 |         0 |         1 |                                   0 |
| 9        | Jharkhand        |         3 |         1 |         4 |                                   1 |
| 10       | Karnataka        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 11       | Kerala           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh   |         2 |         1 |         2 |                                   0 |
| 13       | Maharastra       |         1 |         1 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 14       | Manipur          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 15       | Orissa           |         1 |         0 |         8 |                                   0 |
| 16       | Punjab           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 17       | Rajasthan        |         0 |         0 |         4 |                                   2 |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu       |         0 |         0 |         1 |                                   0 |
| 19       | Tripura          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                   1 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh    |         1 |        17 |        37 |                                  15 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand      |         1 |         0 |         0 |                                   0 |
| 22       | West Bengal      |         0 |         2 |         4 |                                   2 |
|          | Total            |        37 |        45 |       101 |                                  38 |