Narendra Modi to launch 39,000 rural houses in Gujarat under PMAY-G on Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 38949 newly constructed rural houses across Gujarat on March 31 in what officials describe as a significant expansion of housing access for lowincome families under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana GraminThe houses built at an estimated cost of Rs 651 crore have been completed across multiple districts for families who were previously houseless or living in kutcha structuresThe scheme aimed at improving rural living standards ldquodoes not merely provide a brickandmortar house but offers a home of dignity security and stabilityrdquo according to officialsUnder the PMAYG framework beneficiaries receive financial assistance of Rs 120 lakh in instalments with funding shared between the Centre and the state in a 6040 ratioThe Gujarat government has added further support including Rs 50000 assistance at the roofcasting stage under full state fundingBeneficiaries completing construction within six months of receiving the first instalment are eligible for an incentive of Rs 20000 while an additional Rs 5000 is provided for bathroom construction particularly to support womenrsquos convenienceAdditional convergence benefits are also provided Beneficiaries are entitled to Rs 25920 for 90 days of employment under MGNREGA and Rs 12000 for toilet construction under the Swachh Bharat Mission GraminThe state government said it remains ldquocommitted to fulfillingrdquo the objective of providing dignified housing to rural familiesA provision of Rs 1755 crore has been made in the 202627 state budget for rural housingIn the ongoing financial year 202526 a total of 120381 houses have been constructed with an assistance amounting to Rs 103784 crore disbursed to beneficiariesIn addition over Rs 470 crore has been provided under fully statefunded components which officials said reflects the implementation of the statersquos development approachThe government is also conducting the lsquoAwas Plus Survey 2024rsquo to identify and include eligible households that were previously left out to expand coverage further in the coming yearsSince 201617 the Centre has allocated a target of 838396 houses to Gujarat under PMAYG of which 829221 have been approved So far 692554 houses have been completed with total expenditure reaching Rs 908368 croreIn districtwise details of the houses to be inaugurated on March 31 Panchmahal accounts for the highest number of houses to be inaugurated with 10572 units constructed for Rs 17918 croreIn 12 districts across Saurashtra and Kutch 3976 houses have been built for Rs 6654 croreMahisagar has 3222 houses Narmada 2367 Kheda 2345 and Mehsana 2281 Dahod has 1804 houses Sabarkantha 1717 Chhota Udepur 1694 and Aravalli 1556Patan has 1237 houses and Tapi 949 In south Gujarat Surat has 933 houses and Valsad 834 while Banaskantha has 699 Dang 678 and Navsari 627Ahmedabad has 345 houses ready for inauguration VavTharad 300 Bharuch 263 Gandhinagar 230 Vadodara 182 and Anand 138Officials said the upcoming inauguration is expected to bring ldquoa new ray of happiness and prosperityrdquo into the lives of beneficiary families as the state continues to expand rural housing coverage under the schemeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever