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Date: 2025-07-29 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Parliament Question: Housing for All under PMAY-G

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Executive Summary: The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG) to achieve "Housing for All" by assisting eligible rural households in constructing pucca houses. The scheme, initially targeting 2.95 crore houses from FY 2016-17 to 2023-24, has been extended to FY 2028-29 to provide assistance for an additional 2 crore houses. As of July 24, 2025, 4.12 crore houses have been targeted, with 3.84 crore sanctioned and 2.81 crore completed. Key Points / Main Content: PMAYG Implementation and Targets: * PMAYG aims to provide pucca houses with basic amenities to eligible rural households. * Initial target: 2.95 crore houses during FY 2016-17 to 2023-24. * Extended implementation: FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 for 2 crore additional houses. * Beneficiaries are identified using SECC 2011 data and the Awaas survey list. * Cumulative target allocated: 4.12 crore houses, with 3.84 crore sanctioned and 2.81 crore completed (as of 24.07.2025). Monitoring and Supervision: * Timely allocation of targets and release of funds to States/UTs. * Regular review of progress at the Ministry level. * PMAYG analytic dashboard for monitoring and supervision. * Follow-ups with States to ensure fund release and land provision. * Awards for best-performing States/UTs and Districts. Financial Assistance and Convergence: * Financial assistance: Rs. 1.20 lakh (plain areas), Rs. 1.30 lakh (North-Eastern Region and other specified states/UTs). * Additional assistance of Rs. 12,000 for toilet construction. * 90-95 person-days of unskilled wage employment via MGNREGS. * Convergence with other schemes for water, LPG, and electricity connections. * No current proposal to enhance unit assistance under PMAYG. Geotagging and AwaasSoft: * Mandatory geotagging of house construction stages via AwaasApp. * Release of installments based on completion and geotagging of construction stages. * Geotagging required before house sanction. Data Availability: * District/Block-wise details of houses sanctioned and completed are available on the programme website. * District/Block-level data on funds utilized is available on the programme website. * State/UT-wise details of house targets, sanctions, completions, and funds are in Annexure I and II. * State/UT-wise number of house sites geotagged is in Annexure III. Impact Analysis: Ministry of Rural Development: Impact: Responsible for implementing and monitoring the PMAYG scheme to meet housing goals, allocating resources, and ensuring scheme effectiveness. Action Required: Continue monitoring progress, allocating targets and funds, conducting reviews, and providing support to States/UTs. State/UT Governments: Impact: Responsible for the implementation of the scheme within their jurisdiction, including beneficiary selection, fund disbursement, and construction monitoring. Action Required: Fix district/block/GP targets, ensure timely release of funds, provide land to landless beneficiaries, monitor construction progress, and facilitate convergence with other schemes. Beneficiaries: Impact: Receive financial assistance and support to construct pucca houses with basic amenities, improving their living conditions. Action Required: Utilize the provided assistance to construct houses as per the scheme guidelines, participate in wage employment opportunities, and engage with relevant schemes for additional support.

Key Entities Referenced

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG): A rural housing scheme implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, effective from 1st April 2016, aimed at providing pucca houses with basic amenities to eligible rural households. Ministry of Rural Development: The central government ministry responsible for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG). Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011: A census conducted in 2011 that provides the database for identifying beneficiaries under PMAYG based on housing deprivation parameters. AwaasSoft: A programme website and mobile application used for monitoring and supervision of the PMAYG scheme, including geotagging of houses. North Eastern Region: A region in India that receives special financial assistance of Rs. 1.30 lakh under PMAYG, for housing construction. Maharashtra: A state in India that is included in the state-wise details of cumulative house targets allocated by the Ministry and houses sanctioned/completed under PMAYG. Karnataka: A state in India that is included in the state-wise details of cumulative house targets allocated by the Ministry and houses sanctioned/completed under PMAYG, with specific mention of the Chikkaballapur district. Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBMG): A sanitation initiative that converges with PMAYG to provide assistance for toilet construction.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 133 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025 HOUSING FOR ALL UNDER PMAY-G *133. Shri JoyantaBasumatary: Shri RajkumarChahar: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the role and impact of the Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) in realizing the aspirational goal of "Housing for All," especially among economically weaker rural households and the steps taken to achieve the target of Housing for All; (b) the details and total number of houses targeted by the Government cumulatively under Phase I and Phase II, State- wise including North Eastern Region and Maharashtra; (c) the details and total number of houses sanctioned and completed so far and funds sanctioned, released and utilised therefor during the last five years, State, district and block- wise; (d) the details and total number of beneficiaries under the scheme, State and district-wise including the districts of Karnataka especially for Chikkaballapur; (e) whether there are any plans to enhance the benefits under the scheme and revising the scheme document, if so, the details thereof; and (f) whether there is any provision for geo-tagging of houses completed under the scheme, if so, the number of sites geo tagged so far, State/UT-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN) (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. Page 1 of 8STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 REGARDING “Housing for All under PMAY-G” (a): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st April 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for the construction of Pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of "Housing For All" in rural areas. Under the PMAY-G, the initial target was to provide assistance for the construction of 2.95 crore houses during FY 2016-17 to 2023- 24. The Government of India has approved the implementation of the scheme during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore additional houses. The beneficiaries under PMAY-G are identified based on the housing deprivation parameters under Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 database and finalized Awaas+ survey list. The Government of India has approved the continuation of the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) for saturating the Awaas + (2018) list (after updation) and balance eligible households in SECC 2011 PWL by providing assistance within overall ceiling of 2 crorepucca houses with basic amenities from April, 2024 to March, 2029. Under the PMAY-G, as of 24.07.2025, the Ministry has allocated cumulative target of 4.12 crore houses to the States/UTs against which the States/UTs have given sanctions to 3.84 crore beneficiaries and 2.81 crore houses are already completed. To ensure the timely achievement of the target, the Ministry is taking the following initiatives on a regular basis: i. Timely allocation of targets to the States/UTs and release of adequate funds. ii. Review of progress at the level of Ministry. iii. Launch of PMAY-G analytic dashboard for monitoring and supervision of the scheme. iv. Follow-ups with the State to ensure the release of central and state share of funds and provision of land to landless beneficiaries in rural areas. v. Awards to the best performing States/UTs, Districts based on the performance index dashboard, thereby creating health competition and motivation among the States/UTs for achieving the set targets. Page 2 of 8(b): The State/UT wise details of cumulative house targets allocated by the Ministry and houses sanctioned & completed, as of 24.07.2025 including NorthEastern Region and Maharashtra is given in Annexure-I. (c): The Ministry allocates the targets to the State/UT as a whole and district/block/Gram Panchayat-wise targets are fixed by the State/UT. The cumulative District/Block-wise details of houses sanctioned & completed under PMAY-G against targets allocated can be seen at the programme website at www.pmayg.nic.in--- >AwaasSoft--> Reports--> Houses progress against the target financial year. Central Assistance under PMAY-G is released directly to the State/Union Territory (UT) considering the State/UT as a unit. Further release of these funds to beneficiaries is done by the respective State/UT Governments. The district/block-level data related to funds utilised Financial-Year wise can be seen at the programme website at www.pmayg.nic.in-->AwaasSoft-->Reports-- >High level financial progress report. The State/UT-wise details of houses sanctioned, completed, Central share of funds released and funds utilized (including State Share) during last five years (FY 2020-21 to 2024-25) under PMAY-G is given in Annexure-II. (d): The State/UT wise details of cumulative house targets allocated by the Ministry and houses sanctioned & completed, as of 24.07.2025 including Karnataka is given in Annexure-I. The cumulative District/Block-wise details of houses sanctioned & completed under PMAY-G, including the Chikkaballapur& other districts of Karnataka against targets allocated can be seen at the programme website at www.pmayg.nic.in--->AwaasSoft--> Reports--> Houses progress against the target financial year. (e): The PMAY-G is being implemented with effect from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to the eligible rural households for the construction of pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of “Housing For All” in rural areas of the country. Under the PMAY-G, the initial target was construction of 2.95 crore houses during FY 2016-17 to 2023-24. The Government of India has approved continuation for implementation of the scheme for 5 more years during FY 2024-25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance for the construction of 2 crore additional houses as per the existing unit assistance. The beneficiaries are provided financial assistance of Page 3 of 8Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in the North-Eastern Region States and 2 Hill States (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) and UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. In addition to this, assistance of Rs.12,000/- is also extended for construction of toilets through convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (SBM-G), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) or any other dedicated source of funding. Further, it is mandatory to provide support of 90/95 person days unskilled wage employment at the current rates (approximately Rs. 27,000) to a PMAY-G beneficiary for construction of his /her house in convergence with MGNREGS. The PMAY-G households are also provided water, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and electricity connections in convergence with other relevant schemes. At present there is no proposal under consideration of the Ministry to enhance unit assistance under the PMAY-G scheme. (f): Release of installments to a beneficiary is dependent upon completion of a pre-determined stage of construction and uploading of geo-tagged, time and date stamped photo of that stage on AwaasSoft through AwaasApp. Under the PMAY-G, it is mandatory to upload geo-tagged photographs with time and date at each stage of house construction, including geo-tagging of the „existing site‟ and „proposed site‟ before house sanction. The AwaasApp mobile application of the Ministry facilitates the same. The State/UT wise no. of house sites geo-tagged before sanctioning of houses to beneficiaries of PMAY-G, as of 24.07.2025 is given in Annexure-III. ***** Page 4 of 8Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) AND (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 REGARDING “Housing for All under PMAY-G” State/UT wise details of cumulative house targets allocated by the Ministry and houses sanctioned & completed, as of 24.07.2025 including North Eastern Region, Maharashtra and Karnataka is given as under:- S. Name of the State/UT Cumulative Cumulative Houses Cumulative Houses No Targets allocated sanctioned by the completed by Ministry States/UTs 1 Arunachal Pradesh 35,937 35,591 35,591 2 Assam 29,87,868 28,75,392 20,71,467 3 Bihar 50,12,752 49,01,233 38,30,403 4 Chhattisgarh 26,42,224 23,75,745 14,89,544 5 Goa 257 254 242 6 Gujarat 9,02,354 8,29,202 5,88,790 7 Haryana 1,06,460 74,909 39,732 8 Himachal Pradesh 1,21,502 97,550 35,322 9 Jammu and Kashmir 3,36,498 3,34,773 3,13,323 10 Jharkhand 20,12,107 19,39,716 15,71,615 11 Kerala 2,32,916 76,167 34,363 12 Madhya Pradesh 57,74,572 49,38,196 38,47,563 13 Maharashtra 43,70,829 40,82,626 13,80,724 14 Manipur 1,08,550 1,01,549 38,028 15 Meghalaya 1,88,034 1,85,772 1,49,460 16 Mizoram 29,967 29,959 25,307 17 Nagaland 48,830 48,760 36,216 18 Odisha 28,49,889 28,11,018 24,20,261 19 Punjab 1,03,674 76,723 41,452 20 Rajasthan 24,97,121 24,32,047 17,49,778 21 Sikkim 1,399 1,397 1,393 22 Tamil Nadu 9,57,825 7,43,290 6,45,573 23 Tripura 3,76,913 3,76,279 3,71,132 24 Uttar Pradesh 36,85,704 36,56,226 36,37,964 25 Uttarakhand 69,194 68,534 68,218 26 West Bengal 45,69,423 45,69,032 34,19,419 27 Andaman and 3,424 2,593 1,302 Nicobar Islands 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 11,364 10,935 5,020 and Daman and Diu 29 Lakshadweep 45 53 45 30 Andhra Pradesh 2,47,114 2,46,930 88,799 31 Karnataka 9,44,140 5,02,838 1,57,328 32 Telangana 0 0 0 33 Ladakh 3,004 3,004 3,004 Total 4,12,31,890 3,84,28,293 2,80,98,378 Note: PMAY-G is not implemented in UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry. State of Telangana did not implement the PMAY-G during previous phase (2016-17 to 2023-24) Page 5 of 8Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 REGARDING “Housing for All under PMAY-G” (I) State/UT-wise details of houses sanctioned and completed, during last five years (FY 2020-21 to 2024-25) under the PMAY-G is given as under:- S. Name of the State/UT Houses sanctioned during Houses completed during No. FY 2020-21 to 2024-25 FY 2020-21 to 2024-25 1 Arunachal Pradesh 32,149 34,759 2 Assam 21,63,318 18,01,756 3 Bihar 23,91,642 28,41,593 4 Chhattisgarh 11,64,819 7,47,263 5 Goa 95 217 6 Gujarat 5,25,376 3,74,529 7 Haryana 49,999 20,372 8 Himachal Pradesh 89,652 28,260 9 Jammu and Kashmir 2,64,643 2,92,491 10 Jharkhand 9,61,475 9,53,624 11 Kerala 55,629 17,573 12 Madhya Pradesh 30,01,607 22,37,248 13 Maharashtra 25,54,203 9,40,559 14 Manipur 91,649 29,156 15 Meghalaya 1,54,321 1,32,876 16 Mizoram 23,445 22,077 17 Nagaland 44,522 32,512 18 Odisha 12,70,759 12,23,835 19 Punjab 49,730 27,683 20 Rajasthan 11,50,800 9,34,350 21 Sikkim 320 341 22 Tamil Nadu 3,67,237 4,12,519 23 Tripura 3,28,783 3,40,954 24 Uttar Pradesh 22,15,798 22,20,121 25 Uttarakhand 56,021 55,861 26 West Bengal 22,14,956 18,03,492 27 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1,674 1,016 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 5,608 4,589 Daman and Diu 29 Lakshadweep 0 36 30 Andhra Pradesh 1,81,227 42,092 31 Karnataka 2,59,308 71,924 32 Telangana 0 0 33 Ladakh 1,776 1,660 Total 2,16,72,541 1,76,47,338 Note: i. PMAY-G is not implemented in UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry. State of Telangana did not implement the PMAY-G during previous phase (2016-17 to 2023-24) ii. Houses completed includes houses sanctioned during previous years also as guidelines provide 12 months time for completion of house from date of sanction. Page 6 of 8(II) State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released and funds utilized (including State Share) during last five years (FY 2020- 21 to 2024-25) under PMAY-G is given as under:- S. Name of the State/ UT Central Share Funds utilised by No. released during FY the State/UT (including 2020-21 to 2024-25 State Matching Share) (Rs. (Rs. in crore) in crore) 1 Arunachal Pradesh 376.04 422.17 2 Assam 23,686.98 24,324.21 3 Bihar 19,572.62 33,113.61 4 Chhattisgarh 7,704.00 9,943.59 5 Goa 0.00 1.99 6 Gujarat 3,653.56 5,303.19 7 Haryana 191.02 257.96 8 Himachal Pradesh 1,052.29 883.02 9 Jammu And Kashmir 3,474.43 3,728.37 10 Jharkhand 6,835.28 11,316.15 11 Kerala 138.42 334.59 12 Madhya Pradesh 19,969.61 28,280.10 13 Maharashtra 10,001.77 14,217.08 14 Manipur 653.12 544.61 15 Meghalaya 1,978.91 2,090.62 16 Mizoram 258.50 274.29 17 Nagaland 476.38 529.93 18 Odisha 10,692.78 16,348.14 19 Punjab 411.62 453.03 20 Rajasthan 5,979.04 11,151.20 21 Sikkim 3.12 4.72 22 Tamil Nadu 3,207.26 4,918.34 23 Tripura 4,228.05 4,350.90 24 Uttar Pradesh 16,086.31 26,978.46 25 Uttarakhand 685.72 738.79 26 West Bengal 9,498.38 16,680.08 27 Andaman and Nicobar 22.33 Islands 16.56 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 16.12 and Daman and Diu 112.26 29 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.01 30 Andhra Pradesh 425.75 682.22 31 Karnataka 632.56 915.73 32 Telangana 0.00 0.00 33 Ladakh 21.99 20.61 Total 1,51,933.95 2,18,936.55 Note: PMAY-G is not implemented in UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry. State of Telangana did not implement the PMAY-G during previous phase (2016-17 to 2023- 24) Page 7 of 8Annexure-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 REGARDING “Housing for All under PMAY-G” State/UT wise no. of house sites geo-tagged before sanctioning of houses to beneficiaries of PMAY-G, as of 24.07.2025, is given as under:- S. Name of the State/UT Beneficiary household sites geo-tagged before No sanctioning of houses 1 Arunachal Pradesh 35,591 2 Assam 28,75,392 3 Bihar 49,01,233 4 Chhattisgarh 23,75,745 5 Goa 254 6 Gujarat 8,29,202 7 Haryana 74,909 8 Himachal Pradesh 97,550 9 Jammu and Kashmir 3,34,773 10 Jharkhand 19,39,716 11 Kerala 76,167 12 Madhya Pradesh 49,38,196 13 Maharashtra 40,82,626 14 Manipur 1,01,549 15 Meghalaya 1,85,772 16 Mizoram 29,959 17 Nagaland 48,760 18 Odisha 28,11,018 19 Punjab 76,723 20 Rajasthan 24,32,047 21 Sikkim 1,397 22 Tamil Nadu 7,43,290 23 Tripura 3,76,279 24 Uttar Pradesh 36,56,226 25 Uttarakhand 68,534 26 West Bengal 45,69,032 27 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2,593 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 10,935 Daman and Diu 29 Lakshadweep 53 30 Andhra Pradesh 2,46,930 31 Karnataka 5,02,838 32 Telangana 0 33 Ladakh 3,004 Total 3,84,28,293 Note: PMAY-G is not implemented in UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry. State of Telangana did not implement the PMAY-G during previous phase (2016-17 to 2023- 24) ***** Page 8 of 8

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