11 lakh new units under PMAY (Gramin) for year 2021-22 to be sanctioned by Bihar govt

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With the panchayat polls over in Bihar, the rural development department of the state is all set to sanction 11 lakh new units under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) for the year 2021-22 having suffered delays in taking up new construction of pucca houses for economically weaker section due to the restriction put by State Election Commission (SEC), officials said. “We will be sanctioning 11 lakh new units as per the target of this year in January. All preparations have been made and constructions would start soon,” said principal secretary, rural development department (RDD), Arvind Kumar Chaudhary.

The state government had a target of sanctioning 11 lakh new houses in this fiscal year including beneficiaries listed under the permanent waiting list (PWL), however, owing to the panchayat polls, restrictions were put on sanctioning of new units.

“There has been a delay but we have directed all DMs to ensure that the list of beneficiaries selected as per this year’s target is approved by the gram panchayat by mid-January. The final list will be approved by January 22 and we target to give the first instalment to all beneficiaries by January 25,” said a senior officer engaged in the implementation of the housing scheme.

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