Lok Sabha Question No. 5247 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Eligibility under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5247 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026

## ELIGIBILITY UNDER PMAY-G

## 5247. Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to enhance the unit assistance and permissible carpet area under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin considering the steep increase in construction material costs, labour charges and land prices, if
- so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is considering rationalisation of eligibility criteria in view of changing socio-economic conditions where possession of limited assets such as a small four wheeler or an RCC roof may not necessarily indicate financial capacity
- to construct a pucca house without assistance; and
- (c) whether greater flexibility will be provided to States to ensure that  genuinely  deserving  families  are  not  excluded,  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), the unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in NorthEastern States, Hilly States (including UTs of J&K and Ladakh) is provided. The minimum prescribed area of the houses is 25 sq. meters including a dedicated area for hygienic cooking. The funding pattern between  Centre  and  the  State  for  the  NER  States  and  Himalayan States  [Uttarakhand,  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Jammu  and  Kashmir (UT)] is 90:10 whereas for the rest of the States is 60:40 and for Union Territories without legislature, 100% funding is borne by the Centre. In  addition  to  the  unit  assistance,  the  beneficiaries are  facilitated with 90/95 man days of unskilled labour wages through mandatory convergence  with  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Support of ₹ 12,000 for construction

of  toilet  is  also  provided  through  Swacch  Bharat  Mission  -  Gramin

(SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.

The Union Cabinet has also approved the implementation of the PMAY-G during FY 2024- 25 to 2028-29 with existing unit assistance for  construction  of  2  crore  additional  houses.  The  unit  assistance provided to beneficiaries under PMAY-G is as per the approval of the under consideration  in  the  Ministry  for  increasing  the  unit  assistance  or

Union Cabinet and at present, there is no proposal permissible carpet area.

(b) & (c): In order to enhance inclusivity and ensure that genuinely deserving rural households are not excluded, the Union Cabinet has approved  significant  modification  of  the  earlier  exclusion  criteria used for beneficiary identification under PMAY-G.

As part of these revisions, the provisions related to possession of  mechanised  two-wheelers,  mechanized  fishing  boats,  landline telephones  and  refrigerators-which  featured  in  the  earlier  13 exclusion  criteria-have  now  been  removed.  Further,  the  monthly income  threshold  under  the  exclusion  criteria  has  been  enhanced from ₹10,000 to ₹15,000 in view of changed socio-economic realities. The  land-related  exclusion  parameters  have  also  been  simplified, ensuring that families with small or non-productive land holdings are not disproportionately excluded.

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 is 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 were eligible for inclusion in PWL but claimed to be left out from the SECC 2011. In this exercise, the States/UTs had uploaded details of additional households, which were also subjected to Gram

Sabha verification and Appellate Process as explained above.

In the new phase of PMAY-G, the Cabinet has also approved the updating of the Awaas+ List using modified exclusion criteria. A new survey  was  also  conducted  by  the  States/UTs  using  Awaas+  2024 to mobile application which has technology-based solutions maximize transparency and ensure sanctity in the process.

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