Chhattisgarh has received no sanction of affordable houses in the latest list of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban).
Notably, Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 3,128 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor in Puducherry, 924 for Telangana and 2,655 for Himachal Pradesh under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban).
In addition, Karnataka was sanctioned 31,424 houses, Madhya Pradesh -27,475, Bihar-25,221, Jharkhand-20,099, Kerala-11,480 and Odisha-2,115 houses under PMAY(Urban).
Notably, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25, 2015 with the objective of enabling all poor urban households own a pucca house with necessary basic amenities.
The Ministry approved 1,24,521 affordable houses for urban poor yesterday taking the total number of such houses being constructed under PMAY(Urban) with an approved investment of Rs95,671 cr so far.
Central assistance of Rs27,766 cr has been approved for construction of these houses. Noting that housing mission in urban areas is gaining momentum,
Union Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu has directed the ministry officials to ensure that necessary measures were taken by the respective city and state governments for building houses for urban poor in quick time.
Puducherry has been sanctioned 3,128 houses in four towns under Beneficiary led Construction (BlC) component of PMAY (Urban) at a total project cost of Rs131 cr for which central assistance of Rs47 cr has been approved. With this, total number of houses sanctioned for Puducherry has increased to 3,848.
Puducherry city has got 2,093 houses followed by Karaikal-592, Yanam-358 and Mahe-85 houses.
In Telanagana, Siddipet has been sanctioned enhancement of 924 houses under BlC component at a total cost of about Rs14 crores for which central assistance of Rs14 cr has been approved. With this, total number of houses sanctioned for the State under PMAY(Urban) has gone up to 81,405.
Himachal Pradesh has been sanctioned 2,655 houses for 12 towns at a total project cost of Rs102 cr for which central assistance of Rs40 cr has been approved. With this, total number of houses sanctioned for the State under PMAY(Urban) has increased to 4,569 so far.
In Himachal Pradesh, Nalagarh has been sanctioned 531 houses followed by Nahan-289, Dharamshala-227, Una-217, Mandi-174, Shimla-61, Chaba-57, Bilaspur-37, Solan-27, Baddi-25, Kullu-9 and Parwana-1.
Under BlC component of PMAY (Urban), the beneficiaries are provided central assistance of Rs1.50 lakh each for construction of a pucca house on their own land or for improvements in existing house.
The State Revenue Department will allot land at the rate of Rs one per square feet to the Urban Administration and Development Department to construct low-cost residential quarters for economically weaker sections and poorer sections of the society in urban pockets of the State. The project is to come up under ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Housing for All’ scheme, officials informed.
The Government land will be made available to the urban bodies.
Notably, nearly six lakh poor families in rural areas of Chhattisgarh will be provided housing facility under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) during the next three years.
These houses will be constructed at the total estimated cost of Rs7219 crore.
This information was provided in the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya to review PMAY (Rural) here recently.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister said that these houses will be allotted to landless, homeless, disabled and families with women as head of the family with priority.
On the occasion, the officials gave presentation on models of houses to be built in villages under PMAY.
It was informed in the meeting that in three years, nearly six lakh families in rural areas of the State will be benefitted under PMAY. Government has set the target of constructing nearly 5.76 lakh houses at the cost of 7219 crore.
This includes construction of 1.74 lakh houses at the cost of nearly Rs2200 crore in fiscal year 2016-17.
A total of 36 cities of Chhattisgarh have been selected for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) ‘Housing for All’ (HFA) Mission 2022, officials informed.The cities have been divided in to 8 clusters.
As per the directions of Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, cities will be covered with their planning area for preparation of Housing for All Plan of Action (HFAPoA). The HFAPoA will include Annual Implementation Plan (AIP).
Notably, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) has launched “Housing for All” Mission through PMAY for Urban Area to be implemented during 2015-22 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
The credit linked subsidy under the Mission, will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.
Notably, the Central government has also approved construction of a total of 7357 houses under ‘Affordable Housing in Partnership’ scheme with Chhattisgarh government in the State during the current financial year, officials informed.
The total investment to be made in the project is Rs372 crores out of which Centre’s contribution would be Rs110 crore.
Nationally, the Central Government has approved an additional investment of Rs 16,641 crore for affordable housing for construction of 2,44,267 houses for urban poor under PMAY (Urban) during the first four months of the current financial year.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approved these proposals for the benefit of urban poor in 11 States.
Central assistance of Rs 3,634 crore has been approved for construction of these houses under three components of the urban housing mission viz,, Affordable Housing In Partnership (1,24,642 houses), Beneficiary led Construction (1,15,989) and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (3,636 houses).
With these approvals, a total investment of Rs51,568 crore has so far been approved for construction of 9,27,991 houses for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in 20 States under PMAY (Urban) which was launched in June 2015
Central assistance of Rs12,604 crore will be provided for construction of these houses.
During the last financial year (2015-16), 6,83,724 houses were approved for the urban poor in 18 States with a total investment of Rs34,927 crores.
The inter-Ministerial Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned Rs190 crores for construction of 12,670 houses in Chhattisgarh as on November 2015, officials informed.
The Committee, nationally has approved funding for construction of 6,83,724 houses in 18 States since November,2015 with a total investment of Rs43,922 crore including Central Assistance of Rs10,050 crore.