CM Awas Yojana: The Uttar Pradesh government has expanded the scope of the Chief Minister’s Awas Yojana. Going forward, individuals belonging to all schedule tribes would get the benefit from the scheme. This decision was announced by UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on the behalf of CM Yogi Adityanath.
CM Awas Yojana-What’s New?
Previously, the scheme was missing out on individuals from scheduled tribes in the eligibility list.
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Launched in 218, the scheme included only the Vantangiya and Musahar castes initially. Later, 18 castes including Saharia, Nat, Chero, Baiga, Boksa, Kol, Tharu, Sapera and Banjara were included.
Now, Jaunsari, Raji, Bhotia, Gond and its synonyms Dhuria, Ojha, Nayak, Khairwar, Parhiya, Pankha, Panika, Pathari, Rajgond, Kharwar, Patari, Bhuiyan, Agariya and Bhunia castes have also been included in the eligibility category for the scheme.
The Deputy CM remarked that the Chief Minister’s Awas Yojana would be based on a saturation mode. It was remarked that the state government would try its level best to cover 100 percent of the involved castes within first 2 years itself. Till now, almost all eligible beneficiaries from the Vantangiya and Musahar have been provided with housing.
Who Will Benefit?
The scheme is likely to benefit those who have been rendered homeless because of extreme weather conditions or natural disasters like earthquakes, floods or fires, destitute women (18 to 50 years of age), individuals affected by leprosy, families affected by Kala-azar and Japanese encephalitis and the disabled.
Maurya remarked that previous governments of the state have merely used deprived and backward castes as a vote bank but the CM Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh aims to enhance the dignity of these castes by giving rights and shelter to them. This would also help in improving the level of upbringing and a dignified structure to under-privileged so they could survive and grow in today’s world.
