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The Union Ministry of Rural Development has come up with a set of penalties for the states for the delay in completion of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin scheme.
Key Takeaway
- This is the first time since the scheme started in 2016 with a target of constructing 2.95 crore houses that the Union Government has introduced a penalty clause.
- West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Assam, are the leading four states, far behind their targets.
- Under the scheme, the government has set a target of 2.95 crore houses by March 2022.
- The penalty clause is:
- If the sanction of the house is delayed for more than one month from the date of issue of the target, the state government will be penalised ₹10 per house for the first month of delay and ₹20 per house for each subsequent month of delay.
- If the first instalment due to the beneficiary is delayed for more than seven days from the date of sanction, then the state government will have to pay ₹10 per house per week of delay.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin.
- The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) was implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development with the view to boosting the “Housing for All” scheme.
Features
- Objective:
- To achieve the objective of “Housing for All” by 2022, the erstwhile rural housing scheme Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was restructured to Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st April 2016.
- Funding:
- The cost of unit assistance is to be shared between Central and State governments in the ratio of 60:40 in plain areas.
- In the Himalayan states, northeastern states, and the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, the ratio is 90:10 with up to Rs.1.30 lakh of assistance for each unit.
- 100% financing from the Centre for Union Territories, including the UT of Ladakh.
- Target Group:
- People belonging to SCs/STs, freed bonded labourers and non-SC/ST categories, widows or next-of-kin of defence personnel killed in action, ex-servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces, disabled persons and minorities.
- Beneficiaries are provided Rs.90.95 per day of unskilled labour from MGNREGA.
- Selection of Beneficiaries:
- Beneficiaries are identified using parameters from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 and verified by Gram Sabhas.
- Ministry Involved:
- Ministry of Rural Development.
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