The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to provide houses on subsidies to lakhs of employees and advocates with low incomes.
A nominal value of Re 1 for land will be charged from the buyers of these houses.
The discount will be given to the buyers on the condition that they will not be able to sell the house for the next 10 years.
Official sources said that a draft of the scheme was prepared during a meeting of high-ranked officials and now an approval from higher authorities was awaited after which the draft would be placed before the state cabinet for its approval.
Employees of Group C and D and advocates, who do not have much income, face difficulties in getting a house. So far, there has been no system of providing houses on discount to Group C and D employees. Taking note of this issue, discussions were held and this draft, seeking to provide these people houses on discount, was prepared. The process of providing the house was discussed during a preliminary round of talks and the eligibility criteria for this will be decided later.
Meanwhile, the Personnel department has been made the nodal department for Group C and D employees. As per information, the Housing and Urban Planning department will provide Nazul land on lease to the nodal department. The Revenue department will make other government lands available to the nodal department under the rules of the department concerned on the basis of need. The beneficiaries will be given subsidies on the houses constructed under this scheme.