(a) the details of various schemes being implemented by the Government;
(b) the salient features of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) scheme along with the details thereof;
(c) the number of beneficiaries under this scheme, State/district-wise; and
(d) the details of the funds allocated under the scheme for Assam and North Eastern States during the last three years?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)
(a)& (b): Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) to provide dignified living to urban migrants/poor near their workplace.
This scheme is being implemented through two models i.e.Model-1: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses to convert into ARHCs through Public Private Partnership (PPP) or by Public Agencies, andModel-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Public/Private Entities on their own available vacant land.
ARHCs scheme is being implemented in all Statutory Towns as per Census 2011and Towns notified subsequently, Notified Planning Areas and areas of Development/Special Area Development/ Industrial Development
Authorities. Projects under ARHCs will be applicable for consideration and funding till PMAY-U Mission period i.e. March 2022.
Beneficiaries for ARHCs belong to Economically Weaker Section/Low Income Group who are urban migrants/poor. They include labour,urban poor (street vendors, rickshaw pullers, other service providers etc.),industrial workers, and migrants working with market/trade associations,educational/health institutions, hospitality sector, long term tourists/visitors, students or any other persons of such category.
Further, the details of ARHCs scheme are available in its Operational Guidelines at http://arhc.mohua.gov.in/filesUpload/Operational-Guidelines-of-ARHCs.pdf.
(c): The number of beneficiaries under the scheme is at Annexure.
(d): As per the Operational Guidelines of ARHCs, there is no provision for allocating funds for States/Union Territories (UTs). The Technology Innovation Grant has been provisioned for the projects using innovative construction technologies for construction of ARHCs.
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