INDORE: Madhya Pradesh- ‘a top performer’ state in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for all scheme is still short of halfway mark with only two years remaining to achieve the target.
In the state, only 45% households have a pucca house, showed the fifth round of National Family and Health Survey.
In case of rural areas, only 32.6% of households have a pucca house in Madhya Pradesh with over 70% population in these areas, showed survey.
The survey defined houses made from mud, thatch, or other low-quality materials as kachha houses, and those made up using partly low-quality and partly high-quality materials as semi-pucca houses.
The houses made with high quality materials throughout, including the floor, roof, and exterior walls, are called pucca houses in the survey. In the state, over half of the households (56.8%) in rural areas reside in semi-pucca houses, showed NFHS-5 survey.
This is when the state claimed itself to be among top performer states in implementation of Pradham Mantri Awaas Yojana in the rural development department’s latest annual report.
The rural development department annual report (2021-22) however showed that 23.75 lakh houses were made since November 20, 2016- official launch of the scheme for providing houses to all by 2024.
In the last fiscal, the department provided houses to 3.88 lakh houses and was approved by giving first instalment to beneficiaries against the annual target of 4.09 lakh, showed annual report.
In the case of implementation of PMAY (urban), the state completed construction of 5.21 lakh houses till May 23 this year since 2014- when the scheme was launched, to remain in second spot behind Gujarat (7.47 lakh completed houses), showed state wise progress report on official website.
The authorities including Rural development minister, Commissioner didn’t respond to calls and messages despite multiple attempts.
