The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (Houses to all), to provide houses to the houseless families is commencing by organising camps at zonal-level from Monday. The scheme would be in two phases- first phase will be from June 13 to 16 and the second phase will be from June 20 to 23.
For the convenience of the beneficiaries, to provide them loan on low interest from banks, forms will be filled during the camp. In the first phase on June 13 and 14, camps will be held at zone number six, seven, nine, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and on June 15 and 16, 2016 camps will be held at zone number one, two, three, four, five, six, 10, 16 and 17.
During the second phase from June 20 to 21, 2016 zone number six, seven, nine, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19 will be covered, and on June 22 and 23, 2016 the camp will be held at zone number one, two, three, four, five, six, 10, 16 and 17.
In the camps, the beneficiaries will be the poor people who do not own any permanent house. Along with this, the families with Rs three lakh annual income will be eligible to get lower Income Group (lIG) houses or flats with area more than 30 square metre.
Under the Prime Minister housing scheme, women, widows, scheduled castes and tribes, backward classes, minorities and handicapped will be the primary beneficiaries. The ownership will be given to the joint names of husband and wife together, if applicable.
Under the Prime Minister Housing scheme the
government will deposit the loan amount up to Rs 6 lakh in the beneficiary’s account and 6.5 per cent will be levied as interest.