Nearly 9 lakh people from Haryana applied for houses under PMAY: Venkaiah Naidu

CHANDIGARH: Nearly 9 lakh people from Haryana have applied online for houses under under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), Union minister Venkaiah Naidu today said.

Naidu said he has requested the state government to complete the demand survey by the end of July this year and submit the 'Housing for All' plan of action by August 2018.

The Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation minister was addressing a press conference after presiding over a meeting to review various schemes here.

He was accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain.

"So far, a total online demand of 8.97 lakh houses has been received under PMAY from Haryana," he said.

The government has assured him that the final list of beneficiaries under the scheme would be submitted by July, he said.

He said that the state government has also signed an MoU for the construction of houses in towns.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that beneficiaries of the scheme would be provided interest subvention at the rate of 6.5 per cent for a loan amount of up to Rs six lakh, four per cent for a loan amount of Rs 12 lakh and three per cent for Rs 18 lakh.

Naidu also said that the Centre would provide technical support to Haryana for developing Gurugram as a Smart City, with the funding being made by the state government.

He said that the Smart City proposal for Karnal will also be evaluated.
Naidu said Faridabad has created the Special Purpose Vehicle for the implementation of the Smart City Mission.

Today, he handed over second tranche of Rs 96 crore to the state government. The first tranche of Rs 92 crore was released on January 4, 2017.