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The Bihar government has served notices to over 2.21 lakh beneficiaries for not completing their houses under the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojna-Gramin (PMAY-G), a flagship scheme of the Central government to provide affordable housing for all...
The Bihar Rural Development Department has also initiated departmental action against 347 government employees for not ensuring complete construction of houses even after disbursal of the entire amount to the account of beneficiaries in their respective rural blocks..
While it has served red notices to 94,027 beneficiaries against whom legal action would be taken, white notices were sent to 1,27,463 beneficiaries as warning for not completing the construction..
We have also initiated action against 347 officials for not ensuring completion of the houses of the beneficiaries, said State Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar..
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