Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G) - 'Grih Pravesham' event

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G) by delivering pucca houses to 1.75 Lakh Families.

Highlights of the event

    • 1.75 lakh families have joined the ranks of the 2.25 crore families who have got their own house in the last 6 years.

    • During the Corona period, work of 18 lakh houses has been completed throughout the country under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana-Gramin and among that 1.75 lakh houses completed in Madhya Pradesh itself.

    • On an average, building a house under PMAY-G takes about 125 days but during this period of Corona, it was completed in just about 45 to 60 days. It was made possible owing to the migrants returning from cities to their villages. 

    • Two advantages of such projects - One is millions of migrant labourers who returned back to their villages from the cities have got meaningful employment and second- goods related to construction like Brick, Cement, Sand, etc. have been sold thus reviving the village economy in this difficult time.

    • Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, entire procedure, right from selection of beneficiary till handing over the houses, was made transparent, priority is also given to locally available and used goods, from materials to construction, and the designs of the house are also being prepared according to the local needs and style.

    • Now the poor are not only getting a house, they are also  getting toilets, Ujjwala Gas connection, Sowbaghya Yojana, Power connection, LED bulb and Water connection also along with it.

    • Houses built under the PM Awas Yojana are mostly registered in the name of the woman or registered jointly alongwith the woman of the household.

    • A large number of lady masons are used for the construction.

About PMAY-G

The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) was introduced with the view to boost the "Housing for All" scheme. The central government came up with the vision to fulfil the ‘Housing for All’ scheme by the year 2022. The main aim of the PMAY-G scheme is to provide pucca house with some of the basic amenities. This scheme is meant for people who do not own a house and people who live in kutcha houses or houses which are severely damaged. At present, the minimum size of the houses to be built under the PMAY-G scheme has been increased to 25 sq. mt. from 20 sq. mt.

Features of PMAYG Scheme

    • The cost of the unit will be shared in a 60:40 ratios between the Central and State governments in plain areas, i.e., Rs.1.20 lakh of assistance for each unit.

    • In the Himalayan states, northeastern states, and the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir, the ratio is 90:10 with up to Rs.1.30 lakh of assistance for each unit.

    • 100% financing from the Centre for Union Territories including the UT of Ladakh.

    • Beneficiaries are provided Rs.90.95 per day of unskilled labor from MGNREGS.

    • Beneficiaries are identified using parameters from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) and verified by Gram Sabhas.

    • Assistance for construction of toilets of up to Rs. 12,000 to be provided under Swacch Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) in collaboration with MGNREGS or other schemes.

    • Payments are made electronically directly to bank accounts or post office accounts that are linked to Aadhaar.

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants. The views expressed here are personal.)