New Delhi, 21 December 2021: As per information provided by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, as per census 2011, the number of houseless people in India was 17,73,040 which includes 9,38,348 from urban areas and 8,34,692 from rural areas. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.

Ministry of Rural Development has informed that there is no provision for temporary accommodation under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).

In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All”, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households including urban homeless persons. States/ UTs have under-taken demand survey under PMAY-U for assessing actual demand of housing. Based on the project proposals submitted by the States/ UTs as per their assessed demand of houses under PMAY-U, around 114 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country. Against the total sanctioned houses 52.88 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding.

Construction of houses under PMAY-U involve investment of Rs. 7.52 lakh crore which includes Central assistance of Rs. 1.85 lakh crore. So far, Central assistance of Rs. 1.03 lakh crore has been released.

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 crore Pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of “Housing for All”. Under PMAY-G, the beneficiaries are provided unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakhs in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakhs in difficult areas, IAP districts and Hilly areas for construction of house.

As per the Framework for Implementation the basic selection criteria for a PMAY-G beneficiary is as per SECC 2011 data as verified by Sabha. Under PMAY-G landless beneficiary are given top priority.

Providing land to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries for the construction of the houses is of utmost importance since they are among the most deserving beneficiaries. Provision of land to beneficiary is State responsibility. As reported by the States/ UTs, out of the total 4,46,058 landless beneficiaries identified in the entire PWL so far 2,02,719 have been provided land & 3128 have been provided financial assistance for the land purchase for the construction of houses. State /UT wise status of the same is enclosed at Annexure-II.

Under PMAY-G, financial assistance is given directly to beneficiaries for building house.

No separate allocation is made under PMAY-G for providing houses to people who are homeless or without houses.

Annexure-I

Source: Houseless Population, office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.

Note:*: Andhra Pradesh means the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh i.e., the area now comprising the present-day State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Annexure-II

Status of landless (no land to construct the house) beneficiaries under PMAY-G

(Units In Nos.)

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.