December 8, 2025
Sagarika Ghose’s Supplementary Questions on Union government’s plans for providing affordable housing for migrant labour and 47% PM Awas Yojana houses remaining unoccupied
Sir, it is migrant labour which builds our cities, they build our malls and our flyovers. Yet it is they, the migrant labour, who are not being given affordable, liveable housing and forced to live in slum colonies. …Slum colonies of migrant labour face the threat of constant demolition and eviction. … Migrant labour from Bengal face daily harassment, daily threats of eviction, simply because they speak Bangla language. …… Sir, the Jai Hind Migrant Workers Colony in Vasant Kunj, where migrant workers have been living for decades, have been excluded from the PM Awas Yojana. Sir, Sonali Khatun, a bengali migrant labour has been illegally deported to Bangladesh simply because of speaking in Bangla… Sir, I am coming to the question. s it true that 31.15 per cent of the beneficiary-led construction component of PM Awas Yojana is still incomplete and what steps are being taken to provide affordable liveable housing for migrant labours in urban areas? Sir, my question was on providing affordable livable housing for migrant labour. The hon. Minister has admitted that there is no such provision. … There is no such provision for providing housing to migrant labour. That is what he is admitting. … Sir, Committee studies have found that post-Covid, construction inflation has made Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana homes unaffordable for the poor. Sir, I want to say that a 2024 Report has found that 47 per cent Awaas Yojana homes are unoccupied because there is no infrastructure. I want to ask the hon. Minister: Doesn’t it defeat the very purpose of the PM Awas Yojana if the house that they are building are unoccupied by the poor? Sir, also my second supplementary…Sir, only 4.3 per cent Scheduled Tribes have received Awas Yojana homes. Doesn’t this defeat the very purpose of the PM Awas Yojana?
