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Missed deadline Promise · Medium confidence

PMAY missed its 2022 deadline: both the rural and urban schemes were extended, and completions were below sanctions and targets at the extended dates found.

Test case in Suite B · score 0.25

English · ParaphrasedEvery family to have a pucca house (with electricity access) by 2022, the 75th year of independence (paraphrase of the Housing for All / New India 2022 vision).

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Narendra Modi

Party

BJP

Office

Prime Minister

Venue

Independence Day address, Red Fort, Delhi

Date

2017-08-15

Deadline

2022-12-31

Topics

housing, infrastructure

Researched by

claude-sonnet

Transcript / text sources

• PM reviews preparations for 'Housing for All' (narendramodi.in, January 2015)
• Independence Day: the art of moving goalposts (Deccan Herald, reports 2017 Red Fort speech)

Evidence

The data

PMAY-G houses completed (cumulative) (houses (number)) — Source: Ministry of Rural Development (Lok Sabha replies, via news reports), PMAY-G progress. Target: 29500000 (PMAY-G cumulative target of 2.95 crore houses (original deadline 2022, extended to March 2024)). Rounded crore figures as reported in Lok Sabha replies (2.10 crore, about 2.55 crore, 3.12 crore). The first two come from search summaries, not the replies themselves. Original target 2.95 crore by 2022, extended to March 2024, then new phase to 2029.

Government's response

Analysis

The Housing for All by 2022 aim was set in the President's address (June 2014) and the 2014-15 Budget, and repeated by the PM, including in 2017's 'New India 2022' framing. PMAY-G's cumulative target was 2.95 crore houses; PMAY-U targeted about 1.2 crore.

In December 2022 about 2.10 crore PMAY-G houses were complete; in February 2024 about 2.55 crore. PMAY-U's deadline was extended to December 2024 and then further. Completions have since risen, but the schemes continue and targets have been enlarged.

The housing shortfall depends on how demand is counted; this entry only assesses the 2022 deadline for the scheme's own targets.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Medium

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

Speech wording not verified; date set to the 2017 Red Fort speech per a Deccan Herald opinion piece that was not fetched. A Delhi rally statement (Deccan Herald, 'pucca houses to all poor families by 2022') could not be opened (403) and its date is unknown. Several figures (2.10 crore Dec 2022; 2.55 crore Feb 2024; 78.27 lakh PMAY-U) come from search-result summaries of Lok Sabha replies/news, not the PDFs (eparlib fetch failed). Needs human check against the originals. The 'Housing for All' commitment originates with the President's address June 2014.