The Rural Development Department of Chhattisgarh Government will train rural masons for construction of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) in the State, officials informed.
Nearly six lakh poor families in rural areas of Chhattisgarh will be provided housing facility under PMAY during the next three years.
These houses will be constructed at the total estimated cost of Rs 7,219 crore.
A total of 36 cities of Chhattisgarh have been selected for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) ‘Housing for All’ (HFA) Mission 2022, officials informed.
The cities have been divided in to 8 clusters.
As per the directions of Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, cities will be covered with their planning area for preparation of Housing for All Plan of Action (HFAPoA). The HFAPoA will include Annual Implementation Plan (AIP).
The consultants who will be selected by State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) will carry out a multi-stage exercise to formulate the HFAPoA underPMAY in close collaboration with each Urban local Body and SUDA.
Notably, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) has launched “Housing for All” Mission through PMAY for Urban Area to be implemented during 2015-22 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The credit linked subsidy under the Mission, will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.
Notably, the Central Government has also approved construction of a total of 7357 houses under ‘Affordable Housing in Partnership’ scheme with Chhattisgarh Government in the State during the current financial year, officials informed.
The total investment to be made in the project is Rs 372 crores out of which Centre’s contribution would be Rs 110 crore.
Nationally, the Central Government has approved an additional investment of Rs 16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under PMAY (Urban) during the first four months of the current financial year.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approved these proposals for the benefit of urban poor in 11 States.
Central assistance of Rs 3,634 crore has been approved for construction of these houses under three components of the urban housing mission viz,, Affordable Housing In Partnership (1,24,642 houses), Beneficiary led Construction (1,15,989) and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (3,636 houses).
With these approvals, a total investment of Rs 51,568 crore has so far been approved for construction of 9,27,991 houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in 20 States under PMAY (Urban) which was launched in June last year.
Central assistance of Rs.12,604 crore will be provided for construction of these houses.During the last financial year (2015-16), 6,83,724 houses were approved for the urban poor in 18 States with a total investment of Rs 34,927 crores.