19K Odisha households to lose PMAY homes if land not given by Dec 15

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Around 19,000 landless households of the state will lose housing help underneath Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) if the state authorities doesn’t present homestead land by December 15, 2022.In a current round to states, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has made it clear that the allotted goal to landless beneficiaries shall be withdrawn and the identical shall be re-allocated to raised performing states.

“All the States/UTs are requested to provide land to landless PMAY-G beneficiaries on priority and sanction houses to landless beneficiaries by December 15, 2022. If the States/UTs fail to do so, the allocated target linked to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries would be withdrawn from the State/UT and the same will be re-allocated to other better performing States/UTs,” mentioned MoRD deputy director normal Gaya Prasad.

Report furnished by the state authorities to MoRD mentioned it has both supplied land or financial help for buy of land to 39,089 out of 57,932 landless individuals for housing help. The remaining 18,843 recognized beneficiaries are ready for a bit of land for a very long time. In many instances land allotted to the beneficiaries are in dispute.

As the timeline to complete building of homes underneath the PMAY-G has been prolonged from March 2022 to March 2024, the Centre is in no temper to present additional extension in view of the subsequent normal elections. In an earlier communication in September, MoRD had knowledgeable to impose penalty within the form of deduction of Central share to states with impact from October 1, 2022 for delay in sanction and building of homes underneath the flagship PMAY.In 2021-22, the Centre sanctioned 8,17,513 homes to the state however a majority of the beneficiaries haven’t acquired allotment order from the federal government but.

According to a evaluation final yr, 57,257 homestead landless households have been within the everlasting ready listing for allotment of housing plot whereas 36,198 households have been residing in homes constructed on authorities lands together with 8,575 households underneath primitive and weak tribal teams (PVTGs).

The authorities had directed the Revenue division to discover a resolution by revising the rules in session with Forest and Panchayati Raj departments for allotment of housing plot however no vital progress is seen.

“Providing land to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries is the responsibility of the state governments. However, land is yet to be provided to 2,79,623 landless PMAY-G beneficiaries majorly from the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Odisha and Bihar which contribute to around 92 per cent of the total remaining landless PMAY-G beneficiaries,” the MoRD letter mentioned.

BHUBANESWAR: Around 19,000 landless households of the state will lose housing help underneath Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) if the state authorities doesn’t present homestead land by December 15, 2022.In a current round to states, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has made it clear that the allotted goal to landless beneficiaries shall be withdrawn and the identical shall be re-allocated to raised performing states.

“All the States/UTs are requested to provide land to landless PMAY-G beneficiaries on priority and sanction houses to landless beneficiaries by December 15, 2022. If the States/UTs fail to do so, the allocated target linked to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries would be withdrawn from the State/UT and the same will be re-allocated to other better performing States/UTs,” mentioned MoRD deputy director normal Gaya Prasad.

Report furnished by the state authorities to MoRD mentioned it has both supplied land or financial help for buy of land to 39,089 out of 57,932 landless individuals for housing help. The remaining 18,843 recognized beneficiaries are ready for a bit of land for a very long time. In many instances land allotted to the beneficiaries are in dispute.

As the timeline to complete building of homes underneath the PMAY-G has been prolonged from March 2022 to March 2024, the Centre is in no temper to present additional extension in view of the subsequent normal elections. In an earlier communication in September, MoRD had knowledgeable to impose penalty within the form of deduction of Central share to states with impact from October 1, 2022 for delay in sanction and building of homes underneath the flagship PMAY.In 2021-22, the Centre sanctioned 8,17,513 homes to the state however a majority of the beneficiaries haven’t acquired allotment order from the federal government but.

According to a evaluation final yr, 57,257 homestead landless households have been within the everlasting ready listing for allotment of housing plot whereas 36,198 households have been residing in homes constructed on authorities lands together with 8,575 households underneath primitive and weak tribal teams (PVTGs).

The authorities had directed the Revenue division to discover a resolution by revising the rules in session with Forest and Panchayati Raj departments for allotment of housing plot however no vital progress is seen.

“Providing land to the landless PMAY-G beneficiaries is the responsibility of the state governments. However, land is yet to be provided to 2,79,623 landless PMAY-G beneficiaries majorly from the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Odisha and Bihar which contribute to around 92 per cent of the total remaining landless PMAY-G beneficiaries,” the MoRD letter mentioned.