Team News Riveting
Raipur, December 4
Due to the rapid completion of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in Chhattisgarh under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and good progress in the scheme, 15,000 new houses have been approved for the state by the Government of India.
A state government statement said the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved 15,000 new houses in Chhattisgarh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal for the approval of new houses.
Sai thanked the Central Government and said that the dream of every poor person to have a permanent house in the state will soon be fulfilled. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, construction of houses is being completed rapidly in both rural and urban areas. The government will ensure that the benefits of the scheme reach every person standing at the end of the last row, he added.
These houses have been approved for all the cities of the state due to the initiative of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and the efforts of Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Administration and Development Minister Arun Sao.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India has sent a letter of in-principle approval of 15,000 new houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 to the Secretary of Urban Administration and Development Department of the State Government. The letter also mentions the approval of 15,000 new houses by the Central Government to Chhattisgarh by March 2025 as well as the quick implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in the state behind the approval of these new houses.
While approving housing for all the urban bodies of the state, the ministry has also sent its list. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has directed the state government to send a formal proposal to the Government of India after examining the eligible beneficiaries in accordance with the guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0.
The implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 has been started by the Government of India from 1 September 2024 under the ‘Housing for All’ mission in urban areas. Under this, financial assistance will be provided to urban poor and middle-class families of weaker income groups, lower income groups and middle-income groups for construction, purchase or rent of housing at affordable rates. Implementing the scheme in all urban bodies in Chhattisgarh, the beneficiary survey work (Rapid Assessment Survey) has been started on the unified web portal of the Government of India from November 15. During the survey, the information of the beneficiaries is being recorded on the portal of the Government of India.
Expressing happiness over the approval of new houses, Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao said that the Chhattisgarh government was committed to providing housing to every eligible family. He has instructed all urban bodies to extend the benefits of the scheme to maximum beneficiaries. He has instructed not to immediately cancel applications due to lack of mandatory documents during the ongoing beneficiary survey. Along with giving sufficient time to the families concerned to complete the documents, he has also asked the urban bodies to make every possible effort to provide the necessary documents by coordinating with the Revenue Department.
On the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister, the Secretary of the Urban Administration Department has also written a letter to the Revenue Department to issue the pending caste certificate and income certificate of the beneficiaries in the revenue offices on priority.
