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Dehradun, 25 November (HS). So far, more than 34 thousand houses have been built in Uttarakhand under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Now the state government has also signed an agreement with the Government of India for the second phase of the scheme, in which the beneficiaries will be able to get more financial grants.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Housing for All (Urban), housing is provided to all the homeless families living in urban areas. Under this scheme, subsidy/grant for house construction is provided under four components to houseless families with annual income ranging from Rs 3.00 lakh to Rs 18.00 lakh.
Under the first phase of the scheme, a total of 64391 houses in the state have been approved by the Government of India. Under the beneficiary based construction component, out of the total sanctioned 25976 houses, construction of 12222 houses has been completed till the month of October, work on the remaining houses is in progress. In this, a total grant of Rs 1.50 lakh per house (total Rs 263.71 crore approximately) has been provided by the Government of India and a grant amount of Rs 50 thousand per house is provided by the State Government.
Under the other component of the scheme, affordable housing, approval for 15960 houses has been received from the Government of India, out of which 11384 houses have been allotted and construction of 1894 has been completed. In this category, a total grant of Rs 161.96 crore has been provided by the Government of India at the rate of Rs 1.50 lakh per house. In this category, a grant amount of Rs 02 lakh per house is also provided by the state government. In this way the beneficiary contribution comes to only Rs 3.50 lakh per house. In other components of the scheme, construction of all 19919 houses approved by the Government of India in loan based construction has been completed, interest subsidy has also been provided in this category through the bank.
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Secretary Urban Development Nitesh Jha said that now the Government of India has announced Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 in September this year. For this, the state government has signed a contract with the Government of India. For this, the Government of India has now increased the central share per house from Rs 1.50 lakh to Rs 2.25 lakh. In this way, now the beneficiaries will get more assistance under the scheme.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is providing roof to lakhs of houseless families. In Uttarakhand too, permanent houses for thousands of people have been built under the scheme. In this, along with the Central Government, the State Government is also providing assistance.