Ahead of Polls, UP Govt Speeds up Housing Projects

The Uttar Pradesh government has fast-tracked the process of providing houses to more than 2.5 million remaining beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Housing Scheme-Rural ahead of next year’s assembly election, which will also coincide with the ‘Housing for All’ by 202

BY Realty Plus
Published - Thursday, 27 May, 2021

Ahead of Polls, UP Govt Speeds up Housing Projects

The Uttar Pradesh government has fast-tracked the process of providing houses to more than 2.5 million remaining beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Housing Scheme-Rural ahead of next year’s assembly election, which will also coincide with the ‘Housing for All’ by 2022 deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The state had requested the Centre last week to expedite release of funds. Accordingly, the Centre has approved funds for 433,000 houses in the first phase and approvals for the remaining are expected to come by later, subject to availability of funds, rural development commissioner Ravindra Nayak stated. These are beneficiaries outside of the socio-economic caste census, 2011. The government has already provided houses to those who were included in the census. To identify other eligible beneficiaries, a survey called Awas plus is conducted from time to time, according to which more than 2.55 million beneficiaries remain to be allotted houses in the state. In the previous financial year, the state had constructed of 730,000 such houses. UP has topped the list of states in implementing the housing scheme and has built a total of 4 million houses in the past four years.