Punjab Government would construct 10,000 new houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in the financial year of 2020-21 in the rural areas of the State, for which the work has already been started in full swing.State Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Monday said that to cover more and more beneficiaries under the Scheme, the Punjab Government has taken up the matter with the Central Government.
“To improve the definition of kutcha house in favour of Punjab, matter has been discussed with the Union Ministry of Rural Development. On Punjab’s request, a team of experts from the Centre is planning to visit the border districts of the State to understand the roofing condition of the houses in villages to relax the guidelines to cover the kutcha house for the state of Punjab,” said Bajwa.Bajwa said that under this scheme, Rs 1.20 lakh is given in three installments to eligible beneficiaries for construction of new house under PMAY-G.In addition to this, MGNREGA labour of 90 Mandays, is also provided.
The beneficiary is also provided Rs 12,000 under MGNREGA for construction of a toilet in the house. Thus, each eligible family is provided a total benefit of Rs 1,53,690 for construction of their house, he added.The Minister said that not only a house is provided to the poor family, but, all the basic amenities like safe drinking water from National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) Scheme, cooking gas cylinder from Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), electricity connection from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGKY) is provided to the eligible households.