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Minimum enhancement of 9 sq.mt carpet area required under Urban Housing Mission

| | Jun 01, 2016, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Jun 1 (IBNS) Under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban), minimum addition of 9.0 sq.mt of carpet area to the existing house will be required to be eligible for Central assistance under the ‘Beneficiary Led Construction’ component of the housing mission announced Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) on Wednesday.

The ministry issued modified Guidelines under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban) to this effect to states and union territories for compliance while sending affordable housing proposals for enhancement of existing houses under ‘Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC)’ component of housing mission.

Under BLC, beneficiaries will be assisted for construction of new houses and enhancement of existing houses to make them more livable. A minimum addition of 9.0 sq.mt of carpet to the existing pucca or semi-pucca house will have to be added for being eligible for Central assistance of Rs.1.50 lakh per beneficiary. This enhancement shall include pucca construction of at least one habitable room or room with kitchen/bathroom /toilet as per the National Building Construction Norms.

The new Guidelines also mandated that after the required minimum of 9.0 sq.mt carpet area enhancement, total carpet area shall not be less than 21 sq.mt and must not be more than 30 sq.mt. 

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