The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned an additional 4,898 houses in Chhattisgarh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) involving an investment of Rs 2962 crore, the Central Government has informed.
Nationally, 1,00,537 more houses for urban poor under PMAY (Urban) with an investment of Rs 4,200 crore taking the total investment so far approved to Rs 1,00,466 crore. This is 307% more than the investment approved of Rs 32,713 crore during 2004-14 for affordable housing in urban areas.
With the latest sanctions, the Ministry has so far approved construction of 18,75,389 houses for Economically Weaker Sections under PMAY (Urban) in 2,151 cities and towns in 34 States/UTs as against 13.80 lakh houses sanctioned during 2004-15 with an approved investment of Rs 32,009 crore.
The total investment approved so far includes central assistance of Rs 29,409 crore, assistance from State Governments and beneficiary contribution.
In the latest sanctions, Madhya Pradesh got 57,131 houses, Tamil Nadu-24,576, Manipur-6,231, Chattisgarh-4,898, Gujarat-4,261, Assam-2,389, Kerala-643, Jharkhand-331 and Daman & Diu-77.
With total houses sanctioned of 2,66,842, Madhya Pradesh has emerged the leader for the first time in approvals under PMAY(Urban) with a total investment of Rs 18,283 crore. Tamil Nadu is second with 2,52,532 houses with a total project cost of Rs 9,112 crore.
Of the total houses so far sanctioned, 10,65,058 were under the Beneficiary led Construction component of PMAY (Urban) wherein beneficiaries undertake new construction or enhancement of existing houses for which central assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh each is provided. 5,87,115 have been sanctioned under Affordable Housing in Partnership under which State Governments provide land/financial assistance for housing projects for which Central assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh each is given per beneficiary.
The Chhattisgarh State Revenue Department decided to allot land at the rate of Rs 1 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 in January this year, officials informed.
The Government land is being 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 Rs 7219 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 Rs 2,200 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).
The consultants who will be selected by State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) will carry out a multi-stage exercise to formulate the HFAPoA under PMAY in close collaboration with each Urban local Body and SUDA.
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 Rs 372 crores out of which Centre’s contribution would be Rs 110 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 last 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 Rs 51,568 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 Rs 12,604 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 Rs 34,927 crores.
The inter-Ministerial Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned Rs 190 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 Rs 43,922 crore including Central Assistance of Rs 10,050 crore.
As on October 2016, nearly six lakh poor families in rural areas of Chhattisgarh are to be provided housing facility under PMAY during the next three years.
These houses will be constructed at the total estimated cost of Rs 7,219 crore.
This information was provided in the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya to review PMAY (Rural) in Naya Raipur.
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 Rs 2,200 crore in fiscal year 2016-17.