National Gramin Awaas Mission
The Union Rural Development Ministry has suggested doubling the amount of financial assistance offered to the villagers to build homes. The ministry stated that the current allocation of Rs 70,000 was “insufficient”. This amount should be increased to Rs. 1.5 lakh. This data was published by National Gramin Awaas Mission (GRAM) in a paper prepared by the [...] Continue Reading »
The Centre is homing in on rural India for a massive economic stimulus, with the Nitin Gadkari-led rural development ministry drawing up plans to spend Rs 3.45 lakh crore to build nearly 30 million houses for the homeless by 2022 under the National Gramin Awaas Mission. The nearly Rs 50,000 crore a year programme in [...] Continue Reading »
Indira Gandhi’s name is set to be removed from the popular rural housing programme that provides subsidies to the poor to have a house of their own, in a move which will symbolize the regime change. The rural development ministry is looking to turn Indira Awaas Yojana, a scheme, into a “mission” with increased budget [...] Continue Reading »
