Construction of Houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban

RAJYA SABHA 

CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES UNDER PMAY-U

NO. 1028.      MS. SAROJ PANDEY

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise details of the number of houses constructed for the homeless in the country during the last five years under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U)’;

(b) whether Government has set any time-line to achieve the goal of providing ‘pucca’ houses to everyone in the country; and

(c) if so, the time-line of the same and the total number of persons who would be able to get housing facility after the completion of the said target in the country?

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): State/ Union territory-wise details of number of houses constructed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) for eligible urban households including urban homeless persons, during the last five years are at Annexure.

(b) & (c): Yes, Sir. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All” by 2022, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing PMAY-U since 25.06.2015 for providing assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs), for addressing the housing shortage in urban areas. The Scheme will be implemented up to 31.03.2022.

States/ UTs have undertaken demand survey under the scheme for assessing actual demand of housing. Based on the project proposals submitted by the States/ UTs as per their assessed demand, around 113 lakh houses have been sanctioned. Against the total sanctioned houses,

84.40 lakh have been grounded for construction and over 50 lakh have been completed and delivered to beneficiaries. States/ UTs have been advised to expedite the construction of sanctioned houses so that all houses are completed within the stipulated period.

Annexure referred in reply to RSUQ No. 1028 due for 28-07-2021

State/UT-wise details of number of houses constructed during last five years F.Y. 2016-17 to F.Y. 2020-21 under PMAY-U