Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat and Housing and Urban Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Monday said that Punjab has been ranked three among the states at the national level under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin).
He said the State was assigned the target of construction of 14,000 houses out of which 13,004 had been completed that was 93 per cent achievement.
The construction of remaining houses was at advanced stage.
Bajwa said that in September last year, the State had constructed only 1212 houses and was at 26th Rank amongst all the States. In light of this, the entire machinery of the
Rural Development Department was galvanized and a big push was given to this scheme.
He claimed it was a big achievement going by the 2018 ranking, he said.
The minister said that, he had taken up the matter with the centre to relax the definition of Kutcha House so that more poor people in the state become eligible under this scheme.
Anurag Verma, Financial Commissioner, Rural Development and Panchayats said a sum of Rs 1.2 lacs is given to eligible beneficiaries under this scheme.