(a) the number of houses sanctioned under PMAY-U till now, State-wise;
(b) whether some analysis claim that houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY-U) are insufficient in quantity and that some of them may be either unaffordable or unviable for those who need the most; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the step taken by the Government to provide housing for all?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)
(a): State/ Union Territory (UT)-wise details of number of houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), as on 28.02.2022, are at Annexure.
(b)& (c): ‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ are State subjects. However, in pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All”, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)is implementing PMAY-U since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ UTs for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households.
PMAY-U addresses affordable housing requirement in urban areas through four verticals: (i) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC) (ii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) (iii) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) and (iv) “In-Situ” Slum Redevelopment (ISSR).
States/ UTs have undertaken demand survey under PMAY-U for assessing actual demand of housing for eligible beneficiaries. Total assessed demand of houses reported by States/ UTs under the scheme is 112.24 lakhs.
Based on the project proposals submitted by the States/ UTs, more than 115 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country;out of which 55.45 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding.
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