Lok Sabha Question No. 2984 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Status of PMAY-G in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2984 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026

## STATUS OF PMAY-G IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 2984. Shri Ramashankar Vidharthi Rajbhar:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  in  Uttar  Pradesh, particularly in Deoria and Ballia districts, many houses shown as  complete  on  the  AwaasSoft  portal  under  Pradhan  Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, were found incomplete or uninhabitable on  inspection  and  the  action  taken  against  the  concerned officers/agencies in cases of wrong reporting;
- (b) the  status  regarding  providing  essential  amenities  such  as drinking water, toilets and electricity in PMAY-G houses and the steps  taken  to  ensure  all  these  facilities  before  the  final installment is released; and
- (c) whether the issue of low coverage of persons with disabilities and  the  exclusion  of  eligible  families  from  the  permanent waiting list under PMAY-G in Uttar Pradesh has been reviewed and the action taken to monitor the scheme and recover funds given to ineligible beneficiaries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a): The implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) is carried out by the States/UTs. As informed by the State of Uttar Pradesh, no such case under the PMAY-G has come to notice in  the  districts  of  Deoria  and  Ballia,  The  Ministry  monitors  the progress of the scheme through the MIS portal AwaasSoft, periodic review meetings, field visits and inspections.

Houses are shown completed only after geo-tagging following the completion of the house. However, appropriate action is taken by the  State  authorities  in  cases  where  discrepancies  are  found

between the status reported on AwaasSoft and the actual status of houses on the ground. Such actions include verification by district authorities, correction of records in the MIS, completion of pending works,  and  initiation  of  administrative  action  against  the  officials responsible  for  incorrect  reporting,  as  per  the  provisions  of  the scheme guidelines.

- (b): The PMAY-G focuses on provision of construction of house with basic amenities to the households through convergence with other Government  Schemes  viz.,  90/95  person-days  of  unskilled  labour wage from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for construction of house over and above the unit  assistance,  assistance  of  toilets  through  convergence  with Swachh  Bharat  Mission-Gramin  (SBM-G),  MGNREGS  or  any  other dedicated  source  of  funding,  availability  of  piped  drinking  water, electricity connection, LPG gas connection, renewable energy source and building material & efficient cooking fuel, treatment of solid and liquid waste, etc. Construction of a toilet has been made an integral part of the PMAY-G house. The house shall be treated as complete only after the toilet has been constructed. As of 06.03.2026, through convergence of PMAY-G with other schemes, 2.95 crore toilets have been constructed, 2.96 crore houses have been electrified, 2.79 crore households have been provided with LPG connection and 2.33 crore houses have been provided water connection in the country.

Priority has been made for employment generation for PMAY-G in  Schedule I  of  Viksit  Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Act, Para 4(2), (b) Category II-Core Rural Infrastructure-(viii) rural housing works permissible under the schemes of the Central Government, including those permitted under the PMAY-G. Further, in the Para 6 of the Schedule-I of the Act, (i), beneficiaries  under  the  PMAY-G  have  been  included  in  the  list of eligible individual beneficiary.

- (c): The identification of beneficiaries under PMAY-G is based on the housing  deprivation  parameters  and  exclusion  criteria  prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. These criteria are applied on SECC 2011 database and a system generated priority list of households from the database was deliberated upon in Gram Sabha meetings. After due verification by the Gram Sabhas and completion of  Appellate  Process,  Gram  panchayat-wise  Permanent  Wait  List (PWL) is prepared. Thereafter, Awaas+ survey was conducted during January  2018  to  March  2019  to  identify  those  beneficiaries  who, though are eligible for inclusion in PWL, but claimed to be left out

from the SECC 2011. In this exercise, the States/UTs uploaded details of additional households, which were also subjected to Gram Sabha verification and Appellate Process.

Further, with approval of the Union Cabinet for the extension of PMAY-G  for  5  more  years  (FY  2024-25  to  2028-29)  to  provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore  additional rural houses, new survey has also being conducted for identification of additional eligible  households  by  the  States/  UTs  using  eKYC  face  based authentication  through  the  Awaas+  2024  mobile  app  and  with modified exclusion parameters.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, provides for social  security  for  persons  with  disabilities.  Accordingly,  in  the scheme of  PMAY-G  while  deciding  the  inter-se  priority  among  the beneficiaries who are to be provided assistance, households with any persons with disabilities and no able-bodied adult member have been accorded additional deprivation score so that such households are given  priority  while  allotting  the  houses.  Keeping  in  view  the provisions of "The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016", the States, to the extent possible, may ensure that 5% of beneficiaries at the State level are from among persons with benchmark disabilities, with priority to women with benchmark disabilities.

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