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Nation Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Affordable Rental Housing

n Economically Weaker Section is less than Rs 18 lakh. They can Scheme (ARHS) launched
(EWS): The family whose annual avail credit link subsidy of Rs 2.35 An affordable rent scheme has also
income is up to 3 lakhs. House size lakh. been started under Pradhan Mantri
30 sqm. n Houses up to 30 square meters with Awas Yojana- Urban. In this, a one-
n Low Income Group (LIG): Families water, sewer, and toilet facilities. bedroom setup of 30 square meters,
whose annual income is Rs 3-6 If you belong to the Low Income dormitories up to 10 square meters,
lakh. Middle Income Group (MIG): Group (LIG) and Economically and LIG two-bedroom sets up to 60
Individuals whose annual income Weaker Section (EWS), then a square meters will be provided in the
is less than Rs 12 lakh. They can subsidy is available in the interest government vacant houses or houses
avail credit link subsidy of Rs 2.35 amount from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.30 developed by private developers in the
lakh. lakh. For the reconstruction of PPP model. A target has been given to
n Middle Income Group (MIG) 2: your house, the assistance of up to provide such rented houses near the
Individuals whose annual income Rs 1.5 lakh will be available. workplace to the migrant laborers from
March 2022. On the basis of the local
20891387 CENTRAL ASSISTANCE OF MORE THAN TARGET OF market survey, the urban local bodies
CRORE HOUSES ` 220101.23 16202194 27271133 22007799 and operators or institutions will decide
SANCTIONED CRORE RELEASED. HOUSES COMPLETED. HOUSES. REGISTERED the rent themselves.
FIGURES TILL OCTOBER 29 , 2021
A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF SABKA SAATH-SABKA VIKAS-SABKA
VISHWAS WITH SABKA PRAYAS

n The house is not made up of only walls and Making way for women empowerment
roofs. There are more benchmarks to it including
amenities. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Except in cases of widows, unmarried and separated
has also been linked with other schemes of the from spouse the house is handed jointly in the name
central government. For example, the house will be of husband and wife. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas
completed only when the toilet will be constructed Yojana-Gramin, 68 percent of the total housing has
in it. For this, funds are made available under the been approved singly or jointly in the name of rural
cleanliness mission. women till the period of March 31, 2021.
n There is a provision of 90/95 labor days of unskilled
labor under MNREGA. This amount is around Rs
18,000.
n Electricity connection under Deendayal Upadhyaya
Gram Jyoti and Ujala Yojana, gas cylinder facility
under Ujjwala scheme, and tap connection for
water through Jal Jeevan Mission will be provided.
n The total cost of this scheme is shared between the
Central Government and the State Governments in
the ratio of 60:40, while for the North Eastern and
the Himalayan States this amount is shared in the
ratio of 90:10.
n Arrangements were made for training and
certification of masons all over India for the
construction of good quality houses.

most basic necessities of subsistence 'housing'. to construct about 2.95 crore houses in rural areas
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana was brought in and about 1.12 crore houses in urban areas by the
a completely new avatar on June 25, 2015. First year 2022. It was challenging to achieve the target
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban kicked off and in a short period, but India is on the right path to
later to cover the countryside Pradhan Mantri Awas achieve it which signals the central government's
Yojana Rural was rolled out. The target has been set accountability to the people.

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