Rs.81,975 crore worth of houses to be built in 2016-19

The Government has approved the construction of 1 crore houses, costing Rs.81,975 crore for the period 2016-17 to 2018-19.

The Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on 30 March 2017.

As per provisional figures of Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, approximately 4 crore rural households face housing deprivation, he pointed out.

After accounting for the houses that were constructed under Indira Aawas Yojana, IAY and State sponsored housing schemes since 2011, it has been estimated that 2.95 crore more houses, with an anticipated variation of about 10%, would need to achieve the objective of “Housing For All” by the year 2022.

In the first phase (from 2016-17 to 2018-19) one crore houses are targeted for construction under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana-Grameen, PMAY-G.

Targets for the remaining period (till 2022) will be decided after verification and finalisation of permanent wait lists, based on SECC 2011 data by all States/UTs.

Yadav said that to provide technical support in achieving the targets of “Housing for All” a National Technical Support Agency (NTSA) for Rural Housing shall be set up at the national level. fii-news.com