1) Objective -
a) It is a scheme aimed at providing low cost houses to SC/ST and freed bonded labourers living below poverty line, free of cost.
2) Beneficiary catlog -
SC/ST, BPL Families, villagers
3) Funding by -
Central 90% and State 10%
4) Feature -
a) Under the scheme, Rs.75,000/- per unit is assisted for construction of new houses. From 2016-2017, the scheme has been restructured to Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) which aims at providing pucca houses to all houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated houses in rural areas as per SECC 2011 data by 2022. The unit cost of assistance under the scheme is Rs.1.30 lakhs per house.