Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G)

Why in news?

• The Central government on 16^th march 2022 informed that 1.75 crore houses have been completed under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G).

About Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G):

• In pursuance to the goal - Housing for all by 2022, the rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana has been revamped to Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin and approved during March 2016.
• Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided for construction of pucca house to all houseless and households living in dilapidated houses.
• The scheme would be implemented in rural areas throughout India except Delhi and Chandigarh. The cost of houses would be shared between Centre and States.
• Ministry Involved: Ministry of Rural development.
• Target: Construction of 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2024.

Funding Pattern:

• Under PMAY, the cost of unit assistance is to be 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 25 sq.mt (from 20sq.mt) with a 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 (SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.
• Convergence for piped drinking water, electricity connection, LPG gas connection etc. different Government programmers are also to be attempted.

Target Group:

• Identification of beneficiaries eligible for assistance and their prioritisation to be done using information from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC).
• Then this list is confirmed by the Gram Sabhas, they will make deletion or addition of any household who is left outside parameters of SECC 2011.
• All the below categories are automatically included under scheme:
  • Kutcha houses having 0, 1, 2 rooms with kutcha roof
  • Households without any shelter
  • Destitute living on the alms
  • Manual scavenger
  • Primitive tribal groups
  • Legally released bounded laborers.

Add ons:

• The Rural Development Ministry has taken the following initiatives to ensure timely completion of the houses under PMAY-G:
  • Regular review of progress at the level of the Ministry to ensure timely completion of targeted houses.
  • Daily monitoring on various parameters like gaps in sanction of houses, cleaning of PWL of PMAY-G.
  • Timely allocation of targets to the States/UTs and release of adequate funds at the level of the ministry.
  • Promotion of eco-friendly & innovative technologies for house construction.
  • Steps are being taken to increase the coverage of Rural Mason Training (RMT) programme which would increase the availability of trained masons leading to faster construction of quality houses.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G)?

1. Identification of beneficiaries eligible for assistance under the scheme are done using Census of 2011

2. The cost of unit assistance in this scheme is shared between Central and State Governments

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither

Answer