Raja Syed Rather
Srinagar, Aug 12 :
As many as 3,673 rural landless households have been identified as eligible under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 498 have been provided land, while 3,175 are yet to be allotted land, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha.
The information was provided by Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan in reply to a starred question raised by Lok Sabha members Benny Behanan and Anto Antony regarding housing for landless households under PMAY-G.
According to the statement laid before the House, a total of 5,61,919 rural landless households have been identified as eligible under PMAY-G across the country. Of these, 3,26,183 have been provided land, while 2,35,736 households are yet to be provided land by the respective States and Union Territories.
For Jammu and Kashmir, the data, accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), shows that out of 3,673 identified landless beneficiaries, 498 have been provided land, leaving 3,175 households awaiting land allotment.
The government has also reported 3,41,644 PMAY-G houses as the overall target for Jammu and Kashmir. Against this, 3,34,597 houses have been sanctioned and 3,26,860 have been completed, while 14,784 houses remain incomplete against the allocated target.
At the national level, the Centre said that as on August 6, 2026, a total of 1.05 crore houses remained incomplete against the overall PMAY-G targets. The government has approved Phase-II of PMAY-G for completing an additional two crore houses by March 2029.
The Ministry said delays in completion may be due to several reasons, including unwillingness of beneficiaries, permanent migration, disputed succession of deceased beneficiaries, delay in allotment of land to landless beneficiaries, delays in updating credit confirmation from State IFMIS, elections and unavailability of building materials.
To accelerate construction, the government said it has taken measures including timely allocation of targets, release of funds to States and UTs, regular review of progress, monitoring through a dashboard, workshops with States and Union Territories and Rural Mason Training programmes.
The figures also show that Ladakh has a PMAY-G target of 3,004 houses, all 3,004 have been sanctioned and completed, with no houses reported as incomplete against the target—(KNO)