The government has identified 305 cities and towns across
nine states for implementation of its ambitious 'Housing for All' scheme.
As many as 305 cities and towns have been identified in nine
states for beginning of construction of houses for the urban poor under the
scheme, said a senior Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Ministry
official.
The HUPA Ministry would provide assistance of over Rs 2 lakh
crore over the next six years for enabling two crore urban poor own their own
houses.
The selected cities and towns are in Chhattisgarh (36
cities/towns), Gujarat (30), Jammu and Kashmir (19), Jharkhand (15), Kerala
(15), Madhya Pradesh (74), Odisha (42), Rajasthan (40) and Telangana (34).
Under the 'Housing for All' initiative of the central
government, named as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on June 25 this year, two crore houses are targeted to be built
for the poor in urban areas by year 2022, coinciding with 75 years of
Independence.
Besides these nines states, the official said, six more
states have signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Ministry committing
themselves to implement six mandatory reforms essential for making the housing
mission in urban areas a success.
The states that have so far agreed to implement the
mandatory reform measures are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,
Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana an and Uttarakhand.
By signing the MoA, the states agreed to make necessary
changes including doing away with the requirement of separate non-agricultural
permission in case land falls in residential zone earmarked in Master Plan of
city or town and preparing or amending Master Plans earmarking land for
affordable housing, among others.
Other reforms include putting in place a single-window and
time-bound clearance system for layout approvals and building permissions,
doing away with approvals below certain built-up area size in respect of
economically weaker sections and low income groups.
Legislating or amending existing rent laws on the lines of
the Model Tenancy Act circulated by the Ministry and to provide additional
Floor Area Ratio (FAR)/Floor Space Index/Transferable Development Rights (TDR)
and relax density norms, for slum redevelopment and low cost housing are other
reforms to be carried out by states as per the MoA.
Under the urban housing mission, the Centre will provide an
assistance in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.30 lakh per unit under different
components of the scheme including in-situ redevelopment of slums using land as
resource, credit- linked subsidy scheme, affordable housing in partnership, and
beneficiary led individual construction/improvement.
Source: The Economic Times
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