• NEETHU M MATHEWS

ABSTRACT This paper discusses about the effect of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana on the lives of fishermen community in vaddy division of Kollam district. Many programmes have been introduced by the central and state government regarding catching, marketing, trading, providing subsidies, grants, health measures, education etc which aimed to improve the standard of living of the fishermen community. The study is concentrated to analyze the impact of PMAY(Housing scheme) programme on changing the standard of living among the marginalized community .So in order to analyze the effective functioning of PMAY social welfare scheme among the fisherfolk the study has been conducted. Both primary and secondary data are used in the study. This survey is based on the representative sampling method and it was conducted in Vaddy division among 50 families.The various aspects like nature family, daily income of the educational qualification were studied, besides their satisfaction regarding the scheme, their liability related to the building of houses, their opinion about the scheme also were studied.

Key Words: PMAY (PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA), Fisherfolk, Vaddy division

"THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PMAY (PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA) ON THE LIVES OF FISHERMEN COMMUNITY - A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VADDY DIVISION IN KOLLAM DISTRICT , KERALA ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.267-293, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808037.pdf

"THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PMAY (PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA) ON THE LIVES OF FISHERMEN COMMUNITY - A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VADDY DIVISION IN KOLLAM DISTRICT , KERALA ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp267-293, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808037.pdf