CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will transfer an amount of Rs 875 crore in the first installment to 3 lakh 50 thousand beneficiaries for new houses approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) on 28 January 2022. Perhaps for the first time in the country, the amount is being transferred to such a large number of beneficiaries of the scheme. So far 23.07 lakh houses have been completed.
Today on Friday, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also interacted virtually with the beneficiary in this program to be held at Kushabhau Thackeray Hall, Bhopal at 12 noon. Principal Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Umakant Umrao informed that so far more than 23 lakh 07 thousand rural families of Madhya Pradesh have got their homes under this ambitious scheme. These are all such families, who did not have a house or were living in kutcha dilapidated houses.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, houses are being constructed fast in the state keeping in mind “Awas for all 2024”. In the current financial year, despite floods and excessive rainfall in most of the districts, a record has been set for constructing more than 1 lakh 60 thousand houses in the short period of July 2021 to September 22, 2021. Also, during the Corona period, more than 4 lakh 40 thousand houses have been built so far, which is a big achievement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target of providing housing to all the homeless families of the country by the year 2024. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) has been implemented in Madhya Pradesh to achieve the target of “Housing for all 2024”. Through convergence with houses, benefits of Ujjwala Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission and other schemes are also being given along with MNREGA wages.
It is noteworthy that in the virtual ceremony held by the Panchayat and Rural Development Department in the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme (Rural) in the state last year in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the mass home of about 1 lakh 75 thousand housing beneficiaries was entered. In this sequence, 1 lakh 25 thousand beneficiaries were also given home admission in Griha Pravesam (II). So far, more than 23 lakh 07 thousand rural families of Madhya Pradesh have got the benefit of this scheme.
