Like several other welfare and developmental schemes, the housing schemes for slum dwellers too failed to bear any fruit. Government has set the target for providing houses to all by 2022 as announced in the President’s address to Joint Session of both the Houses of Parliament on 9th June 2014. A total of 1515 projects with a total project cost of Rs. 37,479.94 crores and Central Share of Rs. 20,174.58 crores have been approved for construction/up gradation of total 14,42,187 dwelling units (DUs) under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM), out of which 826263 have been completed. A total of 166 projects with a total project cost of Rs. 6472.06 crores involving Central Share of Rs. 3531.18 crores have been approved for construction of total 1,20,912 dwelling units (DUs) under Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), out of which 1154 have been completed. Under Affordable Housing in Partnership(AHP), a total of 18 projects for construction of 20,472 DUs have been sanctioned, out of which 3466 have been completed. If the POOR SHOW OF HOUSING PLANS continues, Government will not be able meet its target of providing Universal Housing by 2022.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:55:34 +0000
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