Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Kaushal Kishore made a courtesy call on Haryana Governor Shri Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan

Chandigarh, April 19, 2022: Haryana Governor Shri Bandaru Dattatraya has said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Haryana, an amount of Rs 574 crore has been provided by the present government to 44,083 beneficiaries for the construction of houses. This was stated by him during a courtesy meeting with Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Kaushal Kishore, who called on Shri Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.

Shri Dattatraya said that the State Government is taking full advantage of Central schemes in public interest. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, possession has been given to more than 1000 applicants in the state by issuing plot allotments. The process of giving possession to the remaining allottees is also on. A separate ‘Department of Housing for All’ has been created by the State Government to provide affordable houses to the needy.

The Governor said that the scheme of constructing houses for the people of Purvanchal, who have been living in Haryana for a long time, is also being effectively implemented in the state. Under this scheme, houses will be built for the people living in Faridabad, Palwal, Gurugram, Rewari, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat and other districts. Shri Dattatraya said that under this scheme an amount of 2.5 lakhs is given for the construction of houses. This amount is given to those people who have their own plots.

Union Minister Shri Kaushal Kishore, while giving information about departmental schemes, said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, applications from one crore 15 lakh people have been received from across the country. Funds have been provided by the ministry to all these people to build houses.

He informed that metro and other transport projects are being implemented in the National Capital Region in Haryana. Schemes related to cleanliness were launched in all the cities of the state, as a result of which the state has become one of the leading states in the matter of cleanliness, he said.