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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY)

Date : 07/04/2017 - 13/04/2019 | Sector: 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.

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Beneficiary:

Below Poverty Line (BPL)

Benefits:

Financial assistance will be provided for construction of dwelling units and upgradations of existing unserviceable kutcha houses.

How To Apply

The beneficiaries for this scheme will be selected through a completely transparent process using the Socio Economic Census 2011 data and validating it through the Gram Sabha.