**Summary:**
As of July 29, 2025, the Ministry of Rural Development addressed concerns regarding the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG) in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1530. PMAYG, initiated on April 1, 2016, aims to provide housing assistance to 4.95 crore eligible rural households by March 2029. The scheme operates with a cumulative target of 4.12 crore houses allotted to States/UTs, with 3.84 crore houses sanctioned and 2.81 crore houses completed as of July 24, 2025.
Beneficiary identification relies on housing deprivation parameters from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, verification by Gram Sabhas, and an appellate process. An Awaas survey was conducted from January 2018 to March 2019 to identify left-out beneficiaries, and the Awaas Survey 2024 app has been designed to identify eligible beneficiaries for an additional target of 2 crore houses.
The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of PMAYG until March 2029, targeting the construction of 2 crore additional houses with an outlay of Rs 3.06 lakh crores, maintaining the existing unit assistance. Currently, there are no proposals under consideration to increase the unit financial assistance provided under PMAYG. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development is Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Rural Development: A department of the Government of India responsible for rural development programs.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG): A housing scheme implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development to provide affordable housing to eligible rural households.
Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011: A census conducted in 2011 to identify beneficiaries for various government schemes, including PMAYG, based on socio-economic indicators.
Awaas Survey: A survey conducted by the government to identify potential beneficiaries who were left out of the 2011 SECC for housing assistance.
Union Cabinet: The council of ministers in the Government of India, responsible for making key decisions and policy approvals.
Dr. Kirsan Namdeo: A member of Lok Sabha who raised a question about the criteria for grant of funds under PMAYG.
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development who provided the answer to the Lok Sabha question regarding PMAYG.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where questions about government policies are raised and answered.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1530
ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025
CRITERIA FOR GRANT OF FUNDS UNDER PMAY-G
1530. Dr. KirsanNamdeo:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the criteria adopted by the Government to give grant for
construction of houses to the beneficiaries under Pradhan
MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
(b) whether the Government is aware of the fact that the current
grant is not enough to complete the construction of the
beneficiary's house, if so, the details thereof and the action
taken in this regard; and
(c) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase the
grant amount and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(DR.CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)
(a): In order to achieve the objective of "Housing for All" in rural
areas, the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Pradhan
MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from 1st April
2016 to provide assistance to 4.95 crore eligible rural households
with basic amenities by March 2029. As on 24th July 2025, a
cumulative target of 4.12 crore houses have been allotted to
States/UTs out of which 3.84 crore houses have been sanctioned
and 2.81 crore houses have been completed.
Beneficiaries under PMAY-G were identified using housing
deprivation parameters given in the Socio-Economic and Caste
Census (SECC), 2011 data. The final selection of beneficiaries under
PMAY-G is based on the housing deprivation parameters and
exclusion criteria prescribed under the Socio-Economic Caste
Census (SECC) 2011 and due verification by the respective Gram
Sabhas and completion of an Appellate Process. The Government
Page 1 of 2conducted an Awaas+ survey from January 2018 to March 2019 to
identify those beneficiaries who claimed to have been left out under
the 2011 SECC and thus prepared an additional list of potential
beneficiaries. To achieve the additional target of 2 crore houses,
Awaas+ survey 2024 app has been designed to identify the eligible
beneficiaries. Eligible beneficiaries from the Awaas+ 2024 survey
shall be identified post completion of survey and verification of
data.
(b) & (c): The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of
PMAY-G till March, 2029 as per the existing unit assistance for
construction of 2 crore more houses with an outlay of Rs 3.06 lakh
crores. The unit assistance provided to beneficiaries under PMAY-G
is as per the approval of the Union Cabinet and at present, there is
no proposal under consideration in the Ministry for increasing the
unit financial assistance.
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