Odisha to hunt extra time to satisfy Centre’s ‘housing for all’ goal
2 min read Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With solely 11 months to go to attain the aim of ‘Housing for All’, the State authorities has solely accomplished 62 per cent (laptop) of its development goal underneath Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).
“The State has achieved overall completion of 15,10,010 houses against a cumulative target of 24,23,012 houses. The State had committed to complete 1.75 lakh houses by March 31, 2021, details of which are yet to be furnished,” mentioned a report of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).
The Centre launched the restructured rural housing scheme PMAY-G on November 20, 2016 with the target to supply pucca home with primary facilities to all rural households who’re homeless or residing in kutcha or dilapidated homes by the top of March 2022.
The collection of beneficiaries by way of a three-stage validation (Socio Economic Caste Census 2011, Gram Sabha and geo-tagging) has ensured collection of the poorest of the poor underneath PMAY-G. However, the collection of beneficiaries within the State was mired in controversy after detection of a lot of ineligible making into the everlasting wait listing (PWL) ready by the Panchayati Raj division.
A current overview of the progress of this flagship scheme by MoRD throughout approval of the annual motion plan for 2021-22 revealed that the State has accomplished development of 9,21,941 homes in opposition to a goal of 9,92,558 homes in Phase-I and 5,80,534 homes in opposition to a Phase-II goal of 14,30,454 homes by the top of February.
However, CM Naveen Patnaik requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 14.94 lakh particular homes for offering homes to 7.87 lakh Fani affected households and 6.07 lakh eligible beneficiaries disregarded from the PWL in 16 non-Fani affected districts.
With an unspent steadiness of Rs 1,396.65 crore with the State, the Centre sanctioned Rs 3,810 crore which incorporates the State share of Rs 1,524 crore for the present fiscal. The State has made a budgetary allocation of Rs 3,000 crore for rural housing.
According to the Ministry, Odisha was among the many few states that used the scheme to supply employment alternatives for migrant staff who returned to their villages in the course of the disaster. The State accomplished development of 10.5 laptop of its 2020-21 goal and started work on at the very least 85 laptop of these for which cash was sanctioned.
PMAY-G standing
9,92,558 homes focused in Phase-I
9,21,941 homes accomplished
14,30,454 homes focused in Phase-II
5,80,534 homes completed
