Now the people living in Jammu and Kashmir will also get benefits of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, central government’s flagship Housing scheme to provide 20 million homes in urban areas by the year 2022.
In-charge minister for Housing and Urban Development, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh said that a survey was conducted in 25 cities and towns selected for the first phase of PMAY-U.
Under all the components of housing for all scheme, around 1,21,671 beneficiaries have been selected who will get the scheme benefits. Of total, 15,300 beneficiaries under Slum Redevelopment, 24,523 under Credit Linked Subsidy, 5,200 under Affordable Housing in Partnership and 76,648 under Beneficiary Led Construction has been identified.
The government has given approval to around six affordable housing projects in Baramulla, Anantnag, Udhampur and Kathua towns under Ptradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. In these areas, the construction of 480 houses for the identified beneficiaries have been started. 83 house in Baramulla, 141 houses, Udhampur, 124 houses in Kathua and 132 houses in Anantnag would be made available to the beneficiaries.
The PMAY scheme is divided into three components. The first component is Beneficiary Led Construction under this category, the beneficiary will get an amount of Rs. 1.5 lakh as subsidy for the construction of new house or repairing of the old house having less than 30 square meter plinth area.
The second component is for economical backward people having annual income less than Rs. 6.0 lakh. In this component, the beneficiary will get an interest subsidy of up to 4 percent.
Third and last component of housing for all scheme is for slum redevelopment. In this component, the government would provide 1BHK houses to the households living in the area which has been declared as slum by government.
The government is also inviting online applications for assessments on candidates through its official website pmaymis.gov.in.
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