A significant section of the landless population in Odisha has been denied access to the Prime Minister Awas Yojna – Gramin because no homestead land was made available for construction of PMAY-G houses.
“Out of 57,932 landless beneficiaries (as on March 2021), 40,608 (70%) beneficiaries could not be provided houses, as no homestead lands were made available to them, for construction of PMAY-G houses,” said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its latest audit of local bodies. The audit report was tabled in Odisha Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
With the objective of ‘Housing for all’ by 2022, the Government of India (GoI) restructured the erstwhile housing scheme, Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), into the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), with effect from April 1, 2016. Under the scheme, pucca (concrete) houses, with basic amenities, were to be provided to all homeless households (HHs) and those living in kutcha or dilapidated houses, by 2022.
