Haryana Government is conducting the survey concerning verification of the applications received under the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna (PAY)-urban in all 80 local bodies of the state.
“Application has been received from 3.23 lakh people for the houses and the verification work is in progress in the state,” said Urban local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain on Friday.
She said that Haryana Urban local Bodies Department with the assistance of Central Government is implementing the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna (PAY)-Urban in 80 local bodies of the state to realize the dream of poor people to have their own house.
Under the Housing for All scheme, plan of action of 65 towns and detailed action plan (first phase) of 66 towns have been sent for the approval of Central Government out of which detailed action plan (first phase) of 28 towns have been approved, the Minister said.
The Department is committed for preparing the ‘Housing for All’ plan of action and detailed action plan for the remaining 14 towns and send the same for the approval of the Central Government by February 28, she said.
Giving details of the scheme, Jain said that it has four key components - slum rehabilitation of slum dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource , promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy, affordable housing in partnership and subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
She said that under the first component, houses are to be made available to the people living in slums through private participation by using land as a resource for which Rs one lakh as central assistance and Rs 67,000 as State Government assistance would be provided.
Jain said that under the promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy component, economically weaker section (EWS) having annual family income upto Rs three lakh and low income group having annual family income between Rs three lakh to Rs six lakh, under medium income group (category-1) whose annual family income is between Rs nine lakh to Rs 12 lakh and medium income group (category-2) under which whose annual family income is between Rs 12 lakh to Rs 18 lakh would be provided interest free loan by banks for construction and purchase of house or house enhancement.
Similarly, under the affordable housing in partnership component, besides central assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh, financial assistance of Rs one lakh would be provided by the State Government to the beneficiaries of economical weaker section.