Lok Sabha Question No. 3450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Pucca Houses for ST Families under PM-JUGA
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3450 TO BE ANSWERED ON-12/03/2026

## Pucca Houses for ST Families under PM-JUGA

3450.  Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  progress  of  the  PM  Janjatiya  Unnat  Gram  Abhiyan  in  constructing  20  lakh  pucca  houses  for Scheduled Tribes families, including the number of houses sanctioned, under construction and completed so far, State-wise;
- (b)  the criteria being used to identify eligible Scheduled Tribes families for housing benefits under the said Abhiyan in the State of Telangana and the details thereof; and
- (c)   the timeline fixed for completion of the said housing initiative ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a) : Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA) , launched by the Hon'ble PM  on October 2, 2024, as Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA),  aims to saturate infrastructural gaps , improve access to health, education, Anganwadi facilities and providing livelihood opportunities to tribal people of 63,843 villages in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks across 30 States/UTs.

One of the key interventions under the program is the construction of pucca houses for Scheduled Tribe (ST) families, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. Against the target of 20 lakh pucca houses under DAJGUA, a total of 12,89,251 houses have been sanctioned across various States and Union Territories, out of which 7,60,034 houses have been completed so far. The State/UT-wise progress of houses sanctioned and completed are at Annexure .

- (b): Villages under DAJGUA are identified based on the criteria that they either have a population of 500 or more with at least 50% Scheduled Tribe (ST) population, or are located in Aspirational Blocks with at least 50 ST population. Scheduled Tribe families living in these selected tribal-majority villages across the country, including the state of Telangana, who lives without any shelter or households living in homes with kuccha walls and kuccha roofs or houses with zero, one, or two rooms as per the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011.

(c): The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) period is from 2nd October, 2024 to 31st March, 2029.. The interventions undertaken under the program, including the housing initiative, are expected to be completed during this period.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3450 for answer on 12.03.2026

| Name of the state        |   Sanctioned houses |   Completed houses |
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH           |                   1 |               1402 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH*       |                   0 |                780 |
| ASSAM                    |               54610 |              69747 |
| BIHAR                    |                  17 |                222 |
| CHHATTISGARH             |              309603 |             180431 |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI * |                   0 |               1767 |
| DAMAN AND DIU*           |                   0 |                 10 |
| GUJARAT                  |               73427 |              72378 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                2345 |               1115 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR        |                  21 |              18912 |
| JHARKHAND                |               55160 |               5301 |
| KARNATAKA                |               11565 |               2110 |
| KERALA                   |                 756 |                122 |
| MADHYA PRADESH           |              298037 |             118322 |
| MAHARASHTRA              |              335939 |              76711 |
| MANIPUR                  |                 951 |               4167 |
| MEGHALAYA*               |                   0 |              39412 |
| MIZORAM*                 |                   0 |               6720 |
| NAGALAND*                |                   0 |              16481 |
| ODISHA                   |               17521 |              88799 |
| RAJASTHAN                |              129188 |              43680 |
| SIKKIM*                  |                   0 |                  8 |
| TAMIL NADU               |                 110 |                502 |
| TRIPURA*                 |                   0 |              10543 |
| UTTAR PRADESH*           |                   0 |                 67 |
| UTTARAKHAND*             |                   0 |                 23 |
| WEST BENGAL*             |                   0 |                302 |
| Grand Total              |             1289251 |             760034 |

* Sanction before launch of DAJGUA. However, completed during DAJGUA period.

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