One of the key promises of the Modi government was “Housing for All by 2022”, for which a flagship programme of PMAY-G was launched on 20th November 2016.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 1.75 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana on Saturday. He took part in the programme ‘Grih Pravesh’ organised under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Madhya Pradesh, through video conference. MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also participated in the event.
One of the key promises of the Modi government was “Housing for All by 2022”, for which a flagship programme of PMAY-G was launched on 20th November 2016. So far 1.14 crore houses have already been built across the country under the programme, the government said in a statement earlier. In the state of Madhya Pradesh, 17 lakh poor households have also benefited from this scheme till now. These are all households of poor people who either had no house or lived in dilapidated makeshift homes, it added.
der PMAY-G, each beneficiary is given 100% grant of Rs. 1.20 lakh with a sharing ratio of 60:40 between Centre and State. Funds for all these houses constructed under PMAY-G are given by way of 4 instalments directly into the bank account of the beneficiary after verification of various stages of construction through Geotagged photographs. The scheme envisages to construct 2.95 crore houses by the year 2022.
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In addition to the unit assistance, the beneficiaries are provided support of unskilled labour wages for 90/95 person days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and assistance of Rs. 12,000 for construction of toilets through Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin, MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding.
The scheme has provisions for convergence with other schemes of government schemes and State/UTs for providing LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Scheme, electricity connection, access to safe drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission, etc. Madhya Pradesh Government, through its “Samridh Paryavas Abhiyaan”, has dovetailed 17 other schemes like social security, pension scheme, ration card, Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana, National Rural Livelihood Mission, etc to provide additional benefits.
