Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana -Gramin

Aim and Objective

PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated house in rural areas by 2022.

Key Features of PMAY-G

• The minimum unit (house) size is 25 sq.m including a dedicated area for hygienic cooking.
• Per unit assistance is Rs.1.30 lakh in hilly states.
• Provision of assistance (Rs.12,000/) for toilets through convergence with Swacch Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.
• Provision of 95 person days of unskilled labour wage under MGNREGA for construction of house, over and above the unit assistance.
• If the beneficiary so chooses, he/she will be facilitated to avail loan of upto Rs.70,000/-from Financial Institutions.
• Convergence with other Government schemes for provision of basic amenities viz., toilet, drinking water, electricity, clean & efficient cooking fuel, treatment of social and liquid waste etc..
• All payments to the beneficiary to be made through DBT mode to their Bank/Post office accounts that are linked to Adhaar with consent.
• Focus on construction of quality houses by the beneficiaries using local materials, appropriate designs and trained masons.