Pucca Houses for ST Families under PM-JUGA

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Pucca Houses for ST Families under PM-JUGA

Posted On: 12 MAR 2026 4:57PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed Lok Sabha that Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PMJUGA) , launched by the Hon’ble PM on October 2, 2024, as Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), aims to saturate infrastructural gaps , improve access to health, education, Anganwadi facilities and providing livelihood opportunities to tribal people of 63,843 villages in 549 districts and 2,911 blocks across 30 States/UTs.

One of the key interventions under the program is the construction of pucca houses for Scheduled Tribe

(ST) families, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. Against the target of 20 lakh pucca houses under DAJGUA, a total of 12,89,251 houses have been sanctioned across various States and Union Territories, out of which 7,60,034 houses have been completed so far. The State/UT- wise progress of houses sanctioned and completed are at Annexure.

Villages under DAJGUA are identified based on the criteria that they either have a population of 500 or more with at least 50% Scheduled Tribe (ST) population, or are located in Aspirational Blocks with at least 50ST population. Scheduled Tribe families living in these selected tribal-majority villages across the country, including the state of Telangana, who lives without any shelter or households living in homes with kuccha walls and kuccha roofs or houses with zero, one, or two rooms as per the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011.

The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) period is from 2nd October, 2024 to 31st March, 2029. The interventions undertaken under the program, including the housing initiative, are expected to be completed during this period.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3450 for answer on 12.03.2026 Name of the state Sanctioned houses Completed houses ANDHRA PRADESH 1 1402 ARUNACHAL PRADESH* 0 780 ASSAM 54610 69747 BIHAR 17 222CHHATTISGARH 309603 180431 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI * 0 1767 DAMAN AND DIU* 0 10 GUJARAT 73427 72378 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2345 1115 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 21 18912 JHARKHAND 55160 5301 KARNATAKA 11565 2110 KERALA 756 122 MADHYA PRADESH 298037 118322 MAHARASHTRA 335939 76711 MANIPUR 951 4167 MEGHALAYA* 0 39412 MIZORAM* 0 6720 NAGALAND* 0 16481 ODISHA 17521 88799 RAJASTHAN 129188 43680 SIKKIM* 0 8 TAMIL NADU 110 502 TRIPURA* 0 10543 UTTAR PRADESH* 0 67 UTTARAKHAND* 0 23WEST BENGAL* 0 302 Grand Total 1289251 760034 * Sanction before launch of DAJGUA. However, completed during DAJGUA period.

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