Lok Sabha Question No. 158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Houses under PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 158

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016

HOUSES UNDER PMAY

No.  158.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY

ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  had  planned  construction  of  4.25  lakh houses  for  Economically  Weaker  Sections  (EWS)  in  227  cities  in  11 States under Prime Minister's Awas Yojana (PMAY) during the current financial year ending March 2016;
- houses
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number  of constructed, State-wise including the State of Haryana till now;
- (c) whether the Government has also planned to increase the number of beneficiaries under PMAY in future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the follow up actions proposed by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN

POVERTY ALLEVIATION (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) & (b): Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana-Housing  for  All (Urban)  Mission,  launched  on  25.6.2015,  this  Ministry  has  so  far sanctioned Central Grant of Rs. 7,545.65 crores for undertaking 746

Contd..

projects for construction of 5,08,902 houses for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in 544 cities of 13 States. State-wise details are at Annexure-I.   No project proposals under the Mission have so far been received from the State of Haryana. (c)  &  (d)  The  Mission  aims  to  provide  assistance  to  States/UTs  in addressing  the  housing  requirement  of  the  slum  dwellers  and  urban poor with the housing shortage estimated at 2 crore; exact scope will, however, emerge after demand assessment by all States/Cities.

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## Details of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Houses Sanction Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)

[as on 18th February 2016]

|    |                |     |     | Project Cost   | Central   | Central   | (Rs in Crore)   |
|----|----------------|-----|-----|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh |  59 | 110 | 10,578.87      | 2,897.21  | 334.95    | 1,93,147        |
| 2  | Bihar          |  40 |  40 | 526.50         | 199.73    | -         | 13,315          |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh   |   9 |  11 | 1,906.93       | 190.05    | 76.02     | 12,670          |
| 4  | Gujarat        |   7 |  44 | 2,073.22       | 396.77    | 75.75     | 32,311          |
| 5  | Jharkhand      |  38 |  38 | 732.89         | 303.59    | 50.00     | 20,239          |
| 6  | Madhya Pradesh |  16 |  17 | 1,514.69       | 288.62    | 115.45    | 19,241          |
| 7  | Mizoram        |   8 |   8 | 205.72         | 154.29    | 8.18      | 10,286          |
| 8  | Orissa         |   1 |   4 | 376.19         | 83.22     | 10.50     | 5,548           |
| 9  | Rajasthan      |  19 |  23 | 1,385.02       | 184.61    | 37.53     | 12,307          |
| 10 | TamilNadu      | 175 | 197 | 1,411.59       | 510.20    | 40.50     | 34,013          |
| 11 | Telangana      |  63 | 144 | 4,868.66       | 1,207.22  | 61.74     | 80,481          |
| 12 | Uttarkhand     |   1 |   2 | 154.31         | 6.96      | -         | 464             |
| 13 | West Bengal    | 108 | 108 | 3,032.48       | 1,123.20  | 88.85     | 74,880          |
|    | Grand Total :- | 544 | 746 | 28,767.07      | 7,545.65  | 899.46    | 5,08,902        |