Led by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, state-backed Abua Awas Yojana (AAY) received approval at a Council of Ministers meeting held here on Wednesday.
Under AAY, the state government plans to build 800,000 houses in Jharkhand and provide them to the poor and needy free of cost.
This comes after the central government failed to approve construction of over 800,000 houses in the state.
“Under the said plan, a target has been set to build eight lakh pucca houses for the homeless. Under this, in the first phase, two lakh houses will be constructed in the financial year 2023-24, 03 lakh 50,000 in 2024- In 25 and 02 lakh, 50,000 pucca houses will be constructed in 2025-26. The houses will be constructed in three phases at a cost of Rs 16,000.320 crore,” the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said in a press release.
Under the umbrella of the Abua Awas Yojana, a three-room permanent house and kitchen is being built with an area of 31 square meters.
“Under the scheme, provision has been made for a kitchen and three rooms. Provision has been made to increase the housing support amount under the scheme to Rs 2 lakh for eligible beneficiaries. Also, the beneficiary will receive a maximum equivalent of 95 unskilled man-days at the current wage rate (revised from time to time) for the construction of his house under MGNREGA for the said scheme,” the press release said.
The benefit of the scheme will be extended to families living in kutcha houses, homeless and destitute families, families belonging to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribe Group (PVTG), victims of natural disasters and released bonded laborers.
“Those who have not got the benefit of state and central government housing schemes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural, Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana, Birsa Awas Yojana, Indira Awas Yojana etc., will be able to get the benefits of” As per the above eligibility criteria, a permanent waiting list of the beneficiaries will be prepared in the Gram Sabha,” the press release said.
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