Parliament Question: PMAY-G in Maharashtra

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1583 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025 PMAY-G IN MAHARASHTRA

1583. Shri Sanjay UttamraoDeshmukh:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the number of houses sanctioned and constructed under Pradhan MantriAwasYojanaGramin (PMAY- G) in Maharashtra varies from district to district, district-wise;

(b) if so, the number of houses sanctioned and constructed so far in Yavatmal-Washim districts;

(c) the number of beneficiaries lying in the waiting list at present and the number of those houses not have sanctioned so far in Maharashtra, district-wise;

(d) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of houses set to be constructed in Maharashtra under the said scheme;

(e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be increased and the steps taken so far in this regard;

(f) whether the Union Government is formulating any special plan to provide funds, technical resources or administrative support to the State Governments to achieve the set target;

(g) if so, the details thereof; and

(h) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a) to (e): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - 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 construction of 2.95 crore houses during FY 2016- 17 to 2023-24. The Government of India has approved the proposal Page 1 of 4for implementation of the scheme for 5 more years during FY 2024- 25 to 2028-29 to provide assistance to 2 crore additional houses.

The existing beneficiary database of Maharashtra as per SECC 2011 PWL and Awaas+ 2018 survey has already been saturated through allocation of targets by the Ministry. The Ministry has allocated a target of 43,70,829 houses to the state of Maharashtra, against which the state has given sanctions to 40,82,626 beneficiaries and 13,80,724 houses have been completed as on 24.07.2025. The Ministry allocates the targets to the State/UT as a whole and District-wise/Block-wise/Gram Panchayat wise targets are fixed by the State. The district wise detail of targets fixed by the state, houses sanctioned and houses completed, including Washim and Yavatmal districts, as of 24.07.2025, is at the Annexure.

The Government of India has also approved the conduct of an exercise for updating the Awaas+ List for identifying eligible rural households using modified exclusion criteria under the scheme. In line with the approval of the Government of India, a survey is being conducted for the identification of additional eligible rural households under the scheme. The household survey which started on 27th December 2024, is being conducted as per the modified exclusion criteria through Awaas+ 2024 Mobile App, which was launched on 17.09.2024. The initial timeline of Awaas+ 2024 household survey was 31st March, 2025 which was extended till 30th April 2025 and 15th May 2025 for all States/UTs. Thereafter, the States/UTs who requested for extension in timeline have been granted additional time for completion of survey exercise. For the State of Maharashtra, the extended timeline for completion of survey is 31st July 2025.

(f) to (h): Under PMAY-G, the funding pattern for the North Eastern States and Himalayan States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (UT) is 90:10 between Centre and State whereas for the rest of the states, this ratio is 60:40 between Centre and State. For Union Territories without legislature, 100% funding is borne by the Centre.

ln addition, PMAY-G provisions for administrative funds at 2% of the programme funds with bifurcation of 0.30% retained at central level and release of 1.70% to the States/UTs for meeting the administrative expenses as per the Framework for Implementation

(FFl) of the PMAY-G.

Page 2 of 4Within this overall limit of 2% administrative funds, PMAY-G also provisions additional administrative funds to the North Eastern Region (NER) and Hill States from the central share of funds.

Further, up to 5% of the targets under PMAY-G, are reserved for Special Projects. The Ministry allocates targets for Special Projects on the basis of proposals received from States/UTs as per the FFI of PMAY-G.

Further, the Ministry provides technical support to the State Governments/UT Administrations in the following manner:

(i) End to end monitoring and tracking of transactional processes through AwaasSoft MIS.

(ii) Android based mobile application- ‘Awaas+ App’ for inspection of houses.The application empowers officials and citizens to capture and upload geo-referenced time stamped photographs of the house at various stages of construction thereby reducing time lags in verification.

(iii) Provision for constitution of dedicated Programme Management Unit (PMU) at State/District/Block level for implementation and monitoring of PMAY-G.

(iv) Keeping in view the diverse landscape of different States/UTs, PAHAL - A compendium of House Design Typologies has been developed and is available on the website of PMAY-G.

(v) Regular review meetings and Regional Workshops are conducted by the Ministry with the States/UTs regarding various facets of PMAY-G including sharing of best practices. ***** Page 3 of 4Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED FOR REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1583 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 regarding PMAY-G in Maharashtra District wise targets fixed by the State, houses sanctioned, houses completed and completion gap against sanction under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY- G) in the state of Maharashtra (as of 24.07.2025) Targets Completion S. House House District Name fixed by the Gap against No Sanctioned Completed State sanction 1 Ahmednagar 187536 186562 58907 127655 2 Akola 87375 85972 49675 36297 3 Amravati 162004 150921 85836 65085 4 Beed 206737 194814 39252 155562 5 Bhandara 120016 118904 61647 57257 6 Buldhana 151928 141504 35762 105742 7 Chandrapur 104398 98531 42988 55543 8 Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 166720 159856 36523 123333 9 Dharashiv 83694 78328 12955 65373 10 Dhule 181326 174926 62279 112647 11 Gadchiroli 79919 78541 37321 41220 12 Gondia 162419 161552 105915 55637 13 Hingoli 100095 90001 18117 71884 14 Jalgaon 215695 207803 72808 134995 15 Jalna 158793 143043 23944 119099 16 Kolhapur 71758 70654 16246 54408 17 Latur 95154 89929 18149 71780 18 Nagpur 57562 56538 35205 21333 19 Nanded 310449 275413 63819 211594 20 Nandurbar 258852 251924 115580 136344 21 Nashik 255256 247147 94303 152844 22 Palghar 95771 95755 41694 54061 23 Parbhani 146260 133540 19867 113673 24 Pune 59494 56890 17875 39015 25 Raigad 25985 25858 9948 15910 26 Ratnagiri 29290 29063 10047 19016 27 Sangli 67474 63673 19791 43882 28 Satara 58746 57436 15309 42127 29 Sindhudurg 16885 16826 5629 11197 30 Solapur 157138 146363 41326 105037 31 Thane 28752 28659 10278 18381 32 Wardha 40507 38933 19048 19885 33 Washim 88398 88100 19896 68204 34 Yavatmal 250464 238667 62785 175882 Total 42,82,850 40,82,626 13,80,724 27,01,902 ***** Page 4 of 4