During the last three years i.e. from 2018-19 to 2020-21, an amount of Rs.93,494.83 Crore (including Rs.4260.96 Crore for Maharashtra) has been released to States /UTs for construction of houses in rural areas under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G).
The district-wise number of houses constructed under PMAY-G in the State of Maharashtra during the last three years is given at Annexure. The district-wise details of houses constructed for all the states can be seen at PMAY-G website: https://www.pmayg.nic.in (under A1 Report regarding Houses Completed in a financial year).
In order to achieve “Housing for All” in rural areas, 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 with overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities. The beneficiaries under PMAY-G are identified from Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC)-2011 and also from Awaas+ survey conducted for identification of households, who though eligible for assistance under PMAY-G, but claimed to be not included in the list of eligible beneficiaries under SECC 2011. The year-wise targets allocated to States /UTs and to Maharashtra on the basis of SECC 2011 and Awaas+ database year-wise under PMAY-G are given as under:
Financial Year |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
All India Targets |
42,33,011 |
31,54,507 |
25,13,662 |
58,62,199 |
44,24,610 |
61,02,372
|
Maharashtra |
2,30,422 |
1,50,934 |
68,464 |
3,54,501 |
3,09,741 |
3,91,921 |
Annexure
District-wise number of houses constructed under PMAY-G in Maharashtra during the last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21)
S.No. |
Name of the District |
Total No. of houses constructed (units in Nos.) |
1 |
AHMEDNAGAR |
19689 |
2 |
AKOLA |
17474 |
3 |
AMRAVATI |
33722 |
4 |
AURANGABAD |
8677 |
5 |
BEED |
5840 |
6 |
BHANDARA |
18636 |
7 |
BULDHANA |
9177 |
8 |
CHANDRAPUR |
10922 |
9 |
DHULE |
29082 |
10 |
GADCHIROLI |
11579 |
11 |
GONDIA |
59487 |
12 |
HINGOLI |
4758 |
13 |
JALGAON |
23162 |
14 |
JALNA |
3643 |
15 |
KOLHAPUR |
5740 |
16 |
LATUR |
3953 |
17 |
NAGPUR |
12167 |
18 |
NANDED |
14156 |
19 |
NANDURBAR |
63704 |
20 |
NASHIK |
37363 |
21 |
OSMANABAD |
1991 |
22 |
PALGHAR |
16655 |
23 |
PARBHANI |
2342 |
24 |
PUNE |
6434 |
25 |
RAIGAD |
4070 |
26 |
RATNAGIRI |
2468 |
27 |
SANGLI |
6503 |
28 |
SATARA |
2973 |
29 |
SINDHUDURG |
1692 |
30 |
SOLAPUR |
11517 |
31 |
THANE |
2469 |
32 |
WARDHA |
5365 |
33 |
WASHIM |
2904 |
34 |
YAVATMAL |
15695 |
Total |
4,76,009 |
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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