Government directs states to adopt new technologies for constructing affordable homes
The government has instructed states and Union territories to follow 16 alternate innovative technologies for fast and better building of homes under the affordable housing in partnership (AHP) and in-situ slum rehabilitation (ISSR) schemes.
It also requested to launch the global housing construction technology challenge (GHCTC) to globally identify best technologies which are convenient for bulk housing.
The housing ministry said in a release, “States and shall adopt 16 alternate innovative sustainable, modern, green and disaster resistant technologies that have been recognized.”
Announcing seven strategies to speed up implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban), the ministry on November 29 asked states and Union territories to implement necessary land reforms to make sure that recipients have a legal land document, and put in place a single-window time-bound clearance system for plan approvals and construction permissions.
It has also requested states to organize a land databank to make sure the availability of land for affordable housing.
The ministry further added “States and Union territories may meet their state’s policies with new 8 PPP models and utilize suitably to promote affordable housing,”
While asking states to provide incentives like transferable development rights (TDR) and additional floor area ratio (FAR) to make the ISSR projects feasible, the ministry also asked the states to offer rental accommodation to the slum dwellers while relocating them in ISSR projects.
It has also instructed states to share their individual roadmap with respect to slum redevelopment projects under ISSR.
To encourage its flagship Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS), the government has asked states to aim Anganwadi workers, teachers, state police departments, Paramilitary forces, etc.
The proposals were extracted from a day-long National Workshop on Accelerating Implementation of Urban Missions: Swachh Bharat mission (Urban) and PMAY (Urban) that was conducted here in the month of November.
The government launched its flagship ‘Housing for All by 2022′ scheme on June 25, 2015, which is divided into two schemes namely PMAY (Rural) and PMAY (Urban). It has so far approved 30.81 lakh houses under PMAY (Urban), in which around 15.65 lakh houses have been grounded and are at various phases of construction and about 4.13 lakh houses have been built since the launch of the scheme.
