WHAT IS PMAY-G?

 

To achieve the objective of " housing for all" by 2022 , the erstwhile rural housing scheme Indira Awaas Yojana was restructured to PM Awaas Yogana - Gramin .

Ministry Involved: Ministry of Rural Development

Aim ; To Provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all rural families , who are homeless or living in kutcha or dilapidated houses by the end of march 2022.

To help rural people below the poverty line in construction of dwelling units and upgradation of existing unserviceable  kutcha houses by providing assistance in the form of a full grant

Beneficiaries; people belonging to SCs/STs , freed bonded labourers and non SC/ST categories , widows or next of kin of defence personal killed in action, ex servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces , dis abled persons and minorities.

Selection of Beneficiaries; Through a three stage validation- socio Economic Caste Census 2011, Gram Sabha, and geo-tagging  .

Cost sharing; The cost of unit assistance is shared between central and state governments in the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and 90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states

Features

• The minimum size of the house has been increased to 25sq.mt with hygienic cooking space.
• The unit assistance has been increased from Rs.70,000 to Rs.1.20 lakh in plain and from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1.30 lakh in hilly states.
• The assistance for construction of toilets shall be leveraged through convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin , MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.
• Convergence for piped drinking water , electricity connection , LPG gas connection e.t.c different government programmers are also to be attempted.

Performance

• Only 55% of the construction target has been compleated .
• Of the 2.28 crore houses to be built for rural poor, less than 1.27 crore has been built by January 2021.
• Money has been sanctioned to almost 85% of beneficiaries .
• The scheme has helped in employment generation. Many states provided employment to their migrant labourers during lock down.