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New Delhi: At a time when the Narendra Modi government is planning to construct another two crore houses in the next five years in rural areas, as was announced in Februarys interim budget, several states and Union territories (UTs) are lagging behind in achieving targets set under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G)...
Under the scheme, each beneficiary gets financial assistance of up to Rs 1.2 lakh in the plains and up to Rs 1.3 lakh in hill states/Union territories to construct houses...
The states have to verify details of the beneficiaries and geo-tag their existing houses before releasing the first instalment of funds to them for the construction.. Till 26 March this year, the ministry had sanctioned construction of 2.94 crore (2,94,79,938) houses, but several states and UTs have not fully constructed even half of the total sanctioned houses, according to data on the ministrys dashboard...
According to the PMAY-G, the houses have to be constructed within 12 months from the date of release of the first instalment of funds, a senior ministry official said.. Of the total sanctioned houses, 2.58 crore or 87.8 percent have been completed so far..
The Modi government stopped funds under PMAY-G to West Bengal from 2022 onwards after complaints were received about the state government changing the name of the central scheme to Bangla Awas Yojana eligible families were deprived of houses and party workers were allotted houses in violation of the guidelines, the rural development ministry said last October...
