Nearly 90 percent of the targeted 11,36,488 households under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) have received sanctions in Bengal till December 31, 2022- the last day for allotting sanctions. 10,19,795 houses that have received sanctioning till the year's end must be completed within this financial year that ends on March 31, 2023.
The construction timeline up to the window sill level is within 40 days, within the lintel level is within 35 days with the completion of the house and verification within another 15 days. Bankura district which had a total allocated target of 72,516 has sanctioned 71078 which is over 98 percent of the target, the highest percentage in the state.
Purulia district has managed to give 97.74 percent sanctioning with 43978 out of a target of 44995. Howrah is third in this list where 22554 sanctions have been allotted against a target of 23371, the percentage being 96.50 percent. Cooch Behar leads among the districts with a maximum of 1,19,275 sanctions followed by South 24-Parganas with 1,04,753 and West Midnapore with 99,439 sanctions.
Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad has had the lowest percentage of sanctions with only 58.76 percent followed by Murshidabad where the sanction percentage is 74.46. The central government on November 24, 2022, had sanctioned funds to the tune of Rs 8,200 crore for PMAY in which allotment for 11.36 lakhs houses was given.
