SRINAGAR: A government survey has identified 3,674 landless and houseless families in Jammu and Kashmir eligible for allotment of five marlas under the PMAY Gramin scheme, but only 506 allotments have been confirmed so far and 2,733 cases have been rejected by revenue authorities, the Assembly was told. Mohammad Yousuf tabled the question, and the reply was placed by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
The department said the survey to identify landless and houseless families was completed using the permanent waiting list on the AwaasSoft portal. Identified beneficiaries are to be allotted five marlas of land, and, under scheme norms, beneficiaries must complete house construction within one year of sanction.
The official note highlighted that while 3,674 beneficiaries have been identified under PMAY Gramin, revenue authorities have allotted land in only 506 cases. 2,733 applications were rejected by revenue authorities, and 435 remain under consideration, signalling a major administrative bottleneck before allotments can proceed.
For urban areas, the department said a separate assessment under PMAY Urban 2.0 was carried out using a mobile application developed by BISAG N and implemented through urban local bodies and development authorities. The reply stressed that PMAY Urban 2.0 does not provide for land allotment; landless urban families, if eligible, are considered for housing under the AHP vertical, which delivers flats through implementing agencies rather than by allotting plots.
The statement set out construction timelines under scheme rules: beneficiary-led construction (BLC) projects usually complete within 12 to 18 months from first instalment, while AHP projects implemented by agencies are typically completed within 18 to 24 months from sanction. For PMAY Gramin, the one-year completion requirement for house construction from the sanction date was reiterated.
The department said allotments will proceed after verification and actions by deputy commissioners and revenue authorities.
The figures placed on record show a large pool of identified beneficiaries but a much smaller number of completed allotments, leaving a clear implementation gap between survey identification and delivery of land and houses under post reorganisation housing interventions.
