The Union Cabinet has granted the permission to provide flats made under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, at affordable price for the migrant workers and poor people
After the Cabinet meeting Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, said under Shahari Awas Yojna migrant workers and poor people will get house at affordable price, under the scheme, government funded housing in different cities will be converted into affordable rental housing Complex under the public private partnership mode.
He also mentioned, approx 3 lakh migrant workers and poor people who is affected by lockdown will get benifit of this.
The total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in India has reached 7,67,296. In the last 24 hours, 24,879 new cases have added to the total tally.
The death toll has also increased to 21,129. A total of 487 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
The lockdown in India has impacted the livelihoods of a large proportion of the country’s nearly 40 million internal migrants. Around 50,000–60,000 moved from urban centers to rural areas.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban) Mission launched on 25th June 2015 was intended to provide housing for all in urban areas.
The government will rent out 1.08 lakh flats of one room, built in ARHCs, in cities like Mumbai and Delhi to migrant labourers and students. It has also approved construction of more such complexes to rent out another 3 lakh flats to those coming from rural areas and small towns for better opportunities.
