Ministry of Rural Development Holds PMAY-G Regional Workshop in Lucknow
The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, organized a two-day Regional Rural Workshop under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) in Lucknow on 27–28 October 2026. The workshop, held as a Samvad (dialogue), brought together approximately 150 officials from nine states: Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and the host state of Uttar Pradesh.
The event was attended by Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya, Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; Shri Kamlesh Paswan, Hon'ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India; and Smt. Vijay Lakshmi Gautam, Hon'ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Uttar Pradesh. Senior officials from both the Ministry and State Government were also present. Dignitaries symbolically handed over house keys to PMAY-G beneficiaries from Uttar Pradesh as part of a "Grih Pravesh" ceremony.
With PMAY-G targeting the construction of 4.95 crore rural houses by March 2029, the workshop focused extensively on implementation challenges and future reforms. Participants deliberated on four proposed reforms for the next phase: cluster-based housing, strengthening of Rural Mason Training, establishment of Centers of Excellence, and development of a credit framework for rural housing. States provided feedback on the feasibility, design, and rollout of these reforms, while district and block functionaries from Uttar Pradesh presented field perspectives highlighting ground-level challenges, good practices, and the need for convergence and capacity building.
The workshop included a state-wise review of progress, focusing specifically on bottlenecks in house completion, timely release of instalments, and construction quality. Technical and fund-flow issues related to the AwaasSoft and SNA-SPARSH platforms were discussed, with emphasis on ensuring that eligible households are not inadvertently excluded during technology-enabled processes. The second day of the workshop included presentations from remaining states and a field visit to PMAY-G houses. The overall objective was to promote peer learning, address implementation bottlenecks, and strengthen delivery of PMAY-G to eligible rural households.