Under , a centrally sponsored scheme of houses. Since inception of scheme in 252.14 houses have been constructed so per scheme guidelines, 60% of the funds are to be utilized for the benefit of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes households. From the year 2006-07, 15% of IAY funds and physical targets are being earmarked for construction of houses for rural BPL minorities. houses. A statement showing year-wise houses constructed under during the last five years and among those, houses allotted to SC/ST and minority categories is given below:-
Under Bharat Phase-I, 60 houses were to be constructed under IAY in a period of four years from 2005-06 to 2008-09.Against this target, 71.76 houses were constructed.Under Bharat Phase-II, 120 houses are envisaged to be constructed under IAY in a period of five years from 2009-10 to 2013-14.Annual physical targets under are fixed on year to year basis depending upon the Central Budgetary outlay provided for Rural Housing which has been increasing consistently every year.Earmarking of 60% of funds for SC/STs and 15% for minorities is itself a special dispensation under the Scheme.In addition, Ministry of Minority Affairs is also providing funds under Multi- Development for construction of houses in villages having substantial minority population. So far 2 IAY houses have been sanctioned under for 90 Minority Concentration districts (MCDs).
In order to achieve the objective of providing houses to all, Government has also launched a scheme to provide homestead site to those rural BPL households who are in the Permanent IAY Waitlists but could not avail financial assistance under the scheme because of non-availability of house sites.
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