Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Mizoram

The Government of India committed to provide every family with housing under the programme of ‘Housing for All by 2022’. The Central Government has been implementing the Rural and Urban Housing Programmes as part of the enabling approach to shelter for all, taking cognizance of the fact that rural housing is one of the major anti-poverty measures for the marginalised. Therefore, the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yajona (Gramin) has been implemented since 2015. The Nodal Ministry of Rural Housing Programme is the Ministry of Rural Development. The main objectives is to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated houses in rural areas by 2024. A minimum unit (house) sizeof 25 sq.m including a dedicated area for hygienic cooking to enable the construction of quality houses by the beneficiaries using local materials, designs and trained masons. The unit of assistance is Rs.1.30 lakh in hilly/difficult areas like Mizoram and the cost of the unit will be shared between Central and State Governments in the ratio 90:10 for North-Eastern and 3 Himalayan States. Convergence with other Government schemes is allowed for the provision of basic amenities viz., toilet, drinking water, electricity, clean and efficient cooking fuel, treatment of social and liquid waste. As such, more than 4,860 houses have been already constructed by the Government of Mizoram, Rural Development Department under the PMAY (G) and more than more than 64 cubic ft. of Wood planks (Thingzai) have been used for construction of houses.