.CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, Till now only 35554 houses have been built in Saharanpur district under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. About two thousand people are still waiting. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana on 25 June 2015 to provide permanent houses to the poor in urban and rural areas. Saharanpur The pace of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is very slow in the district. Applicants in rural areas have been waiting for housing to be approved for many years. The objective of this scheme was that every poor person should get a roof to cover his head. In urban areas, the government gives Rs 2.5 lakh to the beneficiary. A person whose annual income is less than Rs 3 lakh. Only he can apply for this. The amount is given in three installments. The first installment is Rs 50 thousand, the second installment is Rs 1.5 lakh and the third installment is Rs 50 thousand. Under this scheme in rural areas, the beneficiary gets Rs 1 lakh 20 thousand. According to the information, after the Lok Sabha elections, the beneficiaries under this scheme will get double the amount and the number of houses will also increase. Keep in mind that this scheme ended on 31 March 2024. After the elections, the scheme will be launched again with new reforms. The new scheme will run for the next five years. In the first plan, 2.5 crore houses have been built in the country by March 15, 2024.
In Saharanpur district, 23 thousand 956 houses are built for backward castes, nine thousand 454 houses are built for scheduled caste people and 2144 houses are built for general caste people.