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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY)

Date : 29/01/2019 - 29/01/2020 | Sector: Social Welfare

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY), previously Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), is a social welfare flagship programme, created by the Indian Government, to provide housing for the rural poor in India. A similar scheme for urban poor was launched in 2015 as Housing for All by 2022. Indira Awaas Yojana was launched in 1985 by Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, as one of the major flagship programs of the Ministry of Rural Development to construct houses for BPL population in the villages.

For more information please visit IAY

Beneficiary:

Houseless rural families or those living in dilapidated houses

Benefits:

Provision of shelter along with basic facilities. Employment through MGNREGA

How To Apply

As per SECC priority list and verification by GP, Block and District Panchayat