Recently, the government said that by March 31, more than 50 lakh houses in rural areas across the country will be constructed for the poor as part of a central scheme that will bring social change in the villages.
A target
was set to construct one crore new houses by 31 March 2019 under the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana - Rural PMAY (G). Of these, 51 lakh houses were to be
completed by 31 March 2018, the Ministry of Rural Development said in an
official statement.
The Ministry of Rural Development said in an official statement that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), a target was set to build one crore new houses by 31 March 2019. Out of which 51 lakh houses were to be completed by 31 March 2018.
After its launch
in 2016, it took some time to complete the process of beneficiary registration,
geo-tagging, account verification etc. The ministry said it used the 2011 Socio
Economic Census to select beneficiaries.
The
homeless and those living with a kuccha roof or two kachcha rooms are the
beneficiaries of this poor PMAY scheme.
The
ministry said that the houses are planned by the best institutions after
studying the existing local design configurations and are constructed by the
beneficiaries as needed. The cost of construction of the houses is directly
transferred to the accounts of the beneficiaries.
The poor are getting safe houses and can live with self-respect with facilities like toilets, drinking water facilities, electricity connections, cooking gas connections etc.
To check
transparency and corruption, the Center has put in place an online policy,
where anyone can view the construction of houses with geo-tagged photographs
and give full details of beneficiaries and the expenses incurred to them.
The ministry has also decided to conduct a study on social change to understand the impact of the housing program. In addition, the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy will also study the impact of high demand for steel and cement on governance reforms and development under PMAY (G).
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