Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana — Gramin (PMAY-G)

Rural housing scheme, restructured from Indira Awaas Yojana in 2016 — assistance to build pucca houses with basic amenities for houseless and dilapidated-housing households. The Cabinet approved continuation through FY 2028-29 for two crore more houses, at a total outlay of ₹3,06,137 crore.

Category: Housing
Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
Launched: 2016
Budget: ₹3,06,137 crore

Stated goals

Pucca houses with basic amenities for eligible rural households, selected on SECC deprivation data with automatic-exclusion criteria, converged with other schemes for toilets, LPG and electricity.

Target beneficiaries

Houseless rural households and those in kutcha or dilapidated houses

Fact-checks on this scheme

Partly accurateWe will roll out a massive Low cost Housing programme to ensure that by the time the nation completes 75 years of its Independence, every family will have a pucca house of its own… Our proposed programme will further ensure that these houses are equipped with the basic facilities of toilet, piped water supply, electricity and proper Access.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 Apr 2014
Partly accurateWe will ensure pucca houses for families living in kuchha houses by 2022… We will ensure a pucca house to every family who are living in a kuchha house by 2022.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 Apr 2019
Lacks context4+ crore families now have pucca houses under the PM Awas Yojana and other initiatives… We have improved the living conditions of 4+ crore garib parivar under PM Awas Yojana. We recognise the far-reaching benefits of this programme. We will now further expand the PM Awas Yojana to ensure every garib parivar has access to quality housing.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 14 Apr 2024