Best quality homes under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
(Gramin)
Hon'ble
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan
Mantri Awaas
Yojana (Gramin) or PMAY-G on 20th November, 2016 from Agra in
Uttar
Pradesh. Using a variety of designs vetted by technical
institutions,
local materials and trained masons, carefully selected
beneficiaries,
who were homeless or living in 0,1,2, kuchcha room with
kuchcha roof and
kutcha walls, are building the finest quality homes with the
enhanced
unit cost of nearly Rs. 1.5 lakh through convergence.
In
partnership with the State Governments, the challenge of
completing 51
lakh Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) homes by March,
2018 is
appearing possible. Already over 33 lakh houses are at
different levels
of construction and the remaining 18 lakh are also in the
process of
starting work after due approvals. On an average, a house is
taking 4 to
8 months after actual physical start of work compared to 1
to 3 years
in the past. There are negligible inclusion errors of
ineligible
beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) due
to three
stage selection filters- use of SECC 2011 data, validation by
Gram
Sabha, and Geo-tagging with photos of existing house of the
beneficiary
using space technology. All payments are IT/DBT enabled and
the
beneficiaries receive it through their Bank account. This has
not only
brought down corruption, but also has improved the quality of
houses
constructed.
So far, nearly 55,000 houses are already completed
and approximately 10 lakhs are at the advanced stages of
completion.
States like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,
Rajasthan,
Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand have done very well. Bihar,
Uttar
Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Assam have been requested to
further
speed up the pace of construction. These are the major States
that
account for 85% of the need based construction of houses for
deprived
households.
Awaasoft MIS is managing PMAY-G completely, end to
end, including fund transfer and geo-tagging of houses at
every stage of
construction. The Rural Mason Training programme has moved
forward
effectively in Maharashtra, Uttrakhand, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and
Madhya Pradesh. Other States are also speeding up the Rural
Mason
Training Programme. Use of treated bamboos, fly ash bricks
etc. has been
taken up in many States. Beautiful homes constructed under
Pradhan
Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) are transforming social
relations of poor
households in rural India. It is empowering the poor
households and
bridging social and economic inequality besides improving the
well being
of the poor. It is also generating employment on an
unprecedented
scale. Besides toilets and 90/95 days of wage labour under
MGNREGS,
provision for LPG gas connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana and
electricity connection under Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gramin
Jyoti Yojana
are also being enabled. Besides this, the provision for piped
drinking
water, use of solar energy in remote areas etc. are also
being taken up.
The Ministry hopes to complete 51 lakh houses under Pradhan
Mantri
Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in 2017-18 and almost an equal number
in 2018-19.
PIB
