The Indian government launched Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) on April 1, 2016. The scheme provides permanent rural homes with basic facilities to poor families. It aims for “Housing for All” in villages by 2029.

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• Launched 2016, target: Housing for All rural India
• Pucca houses with kitchen, toilet, water, electricity
• Eligibility: homeless, kutcha houses, SC/ST, disabled
• Beneficiaries identified using SECC 2011, Gram Sabha checks
• Financial aid: ₹1.20 lakh plains, ₹1.30 lakh hilly/NE states
• Funds released in 3 installments, directly to bank accounts
• Extra benefits: toilets, LPG, water, electricity, MGNREGA work
• Goal 4.95 crore houses by 2029; 2.82 crore completed by Aug 2025
• 2.68 lakh landless families given houses
• 568 crore workdays created (2016–2025), jobs for masons trained
• Transparency tools: AwaasSoft, Awaas+ App, geo-tagging, Aadhaar payments, AI checks
• Success story: Kakrati Debbarma from Tripura built safe house in 2019