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Punjab has completed 17,000 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), disbursing financial assistance of INR 478.45 crore, out of 36,792 houses sanctioned in the state since 2024-25. Construction of the remaining 19,792 units is under way across the state, Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond said. The state has also received a separate INR 360 crore package for reconstructing and repairing homes damaged in recent floods, targeting around 30,000 affected houses, of which 28,020 have already been sanctioned.
Punjab has completed construction of 17,000 houses under the central government's Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin scheme, with financial assistance amounting to INR 478.45 crore disbursed so far, out of a total of 36,792 houses sanctioned for the state since the 2024-25 financial year, according to Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond.
Sond said the state government's rural housing push, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, was aimed at ensuring economically weaker families and those living in kaccha or otherwise unsafe housing gained access to permanent, dignified homes. He described the completed units as reflecting sustained efforts by the state to reach beneficiaries who had long gone without adequate housing.
Work on the balance of 19,792 sanctioned houses is currently under way and progressing across the state, Sond said, adding that the goal of the scheme went beyond simply constructing structures, extending to giving beneficiaries a safe and dignified place to live.
The minister also pointed to a separate flood-relief housing package worth INR 360 crore, sanctioned to support families whose homes were damaged in recent flooding in Punjab. Around 30,000 flood-affected houses have been identified for reconstruction and repair under this initiative, of which 28,020 have already received sanction. Assistance is being released to eligible beneficiaries in instalments, with the first and second tranches currently being transferred directly into their accounts.
PMAY-G has been the Centre's principal vehicle for rural housing since its launch in April 2016, aimed at providing pucca houses equipped with basic amenities such as a kitchen and toilet to eligible households across rural India. The scheme's overall target now stands at 4.95 crore houses nationally by March 2029; as of early February 2026, more than 3.87 crore houses had been sanctioned to states and union territories, with upwards of 2.95 crore already completed, per Ministry of Rural Development figures.
Punjab's implementation of the scheme has historically trailed several larger states. Earlier ministry data showed the state having completed only around 58 per cent of its allotted PMAY-G target, well behind states such as Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, which had crossed 97 per cent completion. The numbers cited by Sond suggest the pace of construction in Punjab has picked up since 2024-25.
The report did not specify how the 17,000 completed and 19,792 under-construction houses are distributed across Punjab's districts, nor did it give a timeline for finishing the remaining sanctioned units.
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