The State Revenue Department will allot land at the rate of Re 1 per square foot to the Urban Administration and Development Department to construct low-cost residential quarters for the economically weaker sections and poorer sections of the society in the 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 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 2200 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 Rs372 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 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 Rs3,634 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 Rs43,922 crore including Central Assistance of Rs10,050 crore.