The State Government has constructed a total of 26,87,640 houses for rural poor under different schemes during the last 18 years since 2000-01 and 4,42,78 houses are still under construction.
This was revealed from the information submitted in the State Assembly by Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Pradeep Maharathy in response to a question of Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Tuesday. According to the figures, a total of 17,25,217 houses under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) have been sanctioned in Odisha since the year 2000-01 and, of them, 16,83,531 houses have been completed and the rest 41,686 are under construction.
The Minister further informed that the 41,686 beneficiaries have been given the first installment of the IAY house assistance.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas (Garameen) Yojana, a total of 9,92,558 houses have been sanctioned for Odisha since the scheme’s inception in 2016-17. Of these, 6,82,795 houses have been constructed and the rest 3,09,673 houses are under construction. Similarly, a total of 3,59,102 houses have been sanctioned under the Mo Kudia/Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana and, of them, 2,91,866 have been complete and 67,236 houses are under construction. Under the Pucca Ghar Yojana (Mines), a total of 29, 829 houses have been sanctioned since 2016-17 and, of them, 23,996 houses have been complete and 5,833 are under construction. These apart, a total of 6,912 pucca ghar have been sanctioned under the Houses for Construction Workers Yojana since its inception in 2016-17 and, of them, 5,152 houses have been constructed and the rest 1,760 are under construction.