Sector slow in implementing rural housing scheme, Real Estate News, ET Real Estate

Chandigarh: State governments in the region have been slow in implementing the central government’s flagship rural household scheme- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G). between the three kingdoms, Punjab Has fallen behind the pack and has the highest pendency rate, higher than the national average.

The objective of the scheme is to provide pucca houses with basic amenities to all people living in kutcha and dilapidated houses in rural areas and the states are targeted to hand over the houses within a stipulated time.

Against the target set by the Ministry of Rural Development to complete 41,117 houses under the scheme, Punjab is yet to complete the construction of 15,304 sanctioned houses, which is 37.22% of the target, as informed. The ministry gave this information in response to a question by Dr. Sasmit Patra, Rajya Sabha member from Odisha.

At the national level, 26.86% of the sanctioned houses are yet to be constructed.

In HaryanaAgainst the target of 30,789, 7,183 (23.32%) houses are pending. In Himachal PradeshWith 11,706 houses under construction out of 15,483 sanctioned in the state, the pendency rate is 24.39%.

In the last four years, the central government has provided Rs 138.54 crore to Punjab, Rs 81.45 crore to Himachal and Rs 49.42 crore to Haryana as its share.

In response to Syed Naseer Hussain, Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, the ministry shared some of the constraints faced by PMAY-G, including the nationwide lockdown induced by COVID-19, which has affected all construction activities, including construction of houses under the scheme. Did.

Other reasons for pendency shared by the states with the ministry include delay in release of central and state share from state coffers to the state nodal account of PMAY-G, reluctance of beneficiaries, permanent migration, disputed succession of deceased beneficiaries and delays are included. Allotment of land to landless beneficiaries by States/UTs, inter alia.

The House was informed that in order to expedite the progress of the scheme and reduce delays, the Ministry has decided to make a nominal deduction from the forthcoming installments of the Central Share of Administrative Funds in cases where houses are not completed after sanction/completion. There have been delays at various stages.

A deduction at the rate of Rs 10 per household per month is made for delays beyond the permissible limit for various stages such as sanction, release of installment and capturing of geo-tagged photographs.

If there is a delay of more than two months in getting the house approved, a penalty of Rs 20 per house is imposed. As of now, no deduction has been made for the delay.