PMAY-G: 2.92 Cr Houses Sanctioned, 2.41 Cr Completed Till 19 Jul'23, Says Centre

Against the target of 2.95 crore houses, a total of 2.92 crore houses have been sanctioned to the beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) and 2.41 crore houses have been completed as of 19 July 2023, the central government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

Notably, the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing PMAY-G since 1 April 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households with an overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities by March 2024.

Under PMAY-G, the beneficiaries have been identified based on the housing deprivation parameters prescribed under the socio-economic caste census (SECC) 2011. 

As on 19 July 2023, a total of 2.04 crore households have been identified and included in the permanent waitlist (PWL from SECC, 2011). 

Further, the details of such households who claimed to be left out from the SECC 2011-based PWL and eligible for inclusion in PWL, have been captured in the Awaas+ survey 2018, the ministry added

The Survey was conducted from January 2018 to 7 March 2019. 

"In this exercise, the states/UTs have uploaded details of additional households. In order to fill the gap of 91 lakh houses (2.95 crore -2.04 crore), Awaas+ data is being utilised," she added.

The minister informed that out of this, a target of 91 lakh has been allocated to the states and UTs till date.