Challenges of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY-G)
- The statewide lockdown brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak has slowed the pace of rural house construction under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin.
- Delays can also be attributed to beneficiary refusal, migration, beneficiaries’ deaths without legal heirs, and state or UT delays in allocating land to landless beneficiaries.
- The lack of labour, construction material, and lack of inspection at various stages of house construction all had an impact on implementation at the ground level.
- The land is extremely scarce for developing new dwelling units.
- Property records – It’s unlikely that residents of ancestral homes and slums will have the correct title documents needed to apply for the subsidy.
- According to reports, there are around 10 million empty or underused houses.
- In order to avoid losing their property to tenants, the owners of these unoccupied houses opt to leave it empty rather than put it up for rent.
PM Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G)
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin was originally launched as “Indira Awas Yojana” in 1985. PMAY-G was relaunched by our current government in 2016. The main aim of PMAY-G is to provide affordable houses with basic facilities to rural people. In 2016, the government announced “Housing for All by 2022” but recently it has been extended up to 2024. The main aim of this yojana is to provide pukka houses with basic facilities to the rural poor.