PMAY-G: state gets additional allocation of 1.44L houses
Asked about the fresh allocation, Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner Manoj Kumar Singh said, “We will be able to meet the target within time, it will not be an issue.”
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Officials said out of the total target, about 29.68 lakh houses have been constructed in the state, while the construction of the rest is in progress. (Express File Photo) Uttar Pradesh has got an additional target of 1,44,220 houses to be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin in the current fiscal, taking the overall target of the houses allocated to the state under the Awas Plus List to 21,68,674.
The construction work is to be finished by March 2024. The Union Rural Development Minister Friday sent a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Rural Development Department, informing about the allocation of the additional target.
Kicked off in 2016, the PMAY-G aimed to assist eligible rural households to construct pucca houses with basic amenities. The initial target was to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses by March 2024.
Officials said initially, the identification of beneficiaries under the scheme was done based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011, but the government in 2019 decided to conduct an “Awaas +” survey to accommodate eligible beneficiaries left out by the previous survey.
The Union ministry has requested the state to sanction houses to the eligible households by August 13 and also fix district-wise targets to expedite the allocation process.
With the additional allocation of 1.44 lakh, the state now has the Awas Plus List allocation of 21,68,674 houses under the PMAY-G.
According to the official record, under the scheme, 34.72 lakh houses have been allocated to Uttar Pradesh since its inception. With the addition of 1.44 lakh houses, the state’s total allocation reached about 36.16 lahk; out of these, 21,68,674 is the target under the Awas Plus List.
Officials said out of the total target, about 29.68 lakh houses have been constructed in the state, while the construction of the rest is in progress.
A government spokesperson said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had requested for increasing the allocation, which the Centre approved and allocated 1.44 lakh houses under the scheme.
Asked about the fresh allocation, Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner Manoj Kumar Singh said, “We will be able to meet the target within time, it will not be an issue.”
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