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A big and relief news has come from the state government for lakhs of middle class families who dream of building their own small house or plot in the urban and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. It is often seen that common people had to make rounds of government departments, development authorities and housing development councils for months and years for allotment of small plots, registration, getting the map passed or payment of outstanding installments, due to which both their time and money were wasted. Taking these problems of the general public seriously, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken a revolutionary and public-friendly decision, under which small plot holders will now be completely freed from visiting offices and all the processes have been made completely easy and transparent. Not only this, the government has also made a big announcement of giving huge relaxation in huge interest and penalty on the outstanding installments stuck due to Covid period or other reasons, due to which lakhs of small plot owners of the state are going to get direct financial relief worth crores of rupees.
The main objective of this new scheme brought by the Housing Department and Housing Development Council on the instructions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is to remove the obstacles faced by the lower and middle class people of the state in getting house papers and ownership rights. Often, when people buying small plots were not able to pay the installments on time, they were charged compound interest and heavy penalties, due to which the burden of interest was more than the principal amount. Under this new One-Time Settlement and interest waiver scheme, people will now be able to easily get their plot registered in their name by making full payment. Let us know in detail what big benefits the general public is going to get from this new decision of the government and what process has been decided for it.
The hassles of government offices ended due to the expansion of online services
After this step taken by the Uttar Pradesh government, now most of the services related to LDA, UP Housing Development Council and other regional development authorities have been made completely online (Online Portal). Now small plot holders will not have to make rounds of babus and offices to get information about their outstanding installments, deposit bills or get name mutation done. All the processes will be completed in just a few clicks through the portal sitting at home. The government has also directed that a special single window system should be created in all development authorities to settle the complaints of small plot holders, so that no citizen has to face unnecessary trouble.
How to avail waiver of interest and penalty?
Under this special discount on outstanding installments, the government has clarified that a large part of the interest of those who make lump sum payment will be waived off. To avail the benefits of the scheme, allottees can apply directly by visiting the website of their respective development authority or through nearby camps. This historic decision has brought a wave of happiness among home buyers and small investors in Uttar Pradesh, and is being considered a major masterstroke by the government ahead of the upcoming elections.
