Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana

Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (Normal): | - Incentive to the beneficiaries, officials, & CBOs/NGOs involved in the implementation of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin), or any other State-funded Rural Housing Schemes for early completion of houses. | - For completion of the house and IHHL within 4 months of receipt of the 1" instalment, the incentive of ₹ 20,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary. | - For completion of the house and IHHL within 6 months of receipt of the 1" instalment, the incentive of ₹ 10,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary. | The incentive amount is subject to revision by the government from time to time. | - Award for Excellence in rural housing to State/District/Block teams and officers/officials involved in implementation. The eligibility, type, category of the awards and other modalities shall be decided by the Department from time to time. | - The expenditure required for conducting the Award distribution ceremonies at various levels. | - Preparation of IEC material. | - Imparting habitat and housing literacy to beneficiaries. | - Payment of honorarium/incentives to SHGs, CRPs, & CBOs for facilitating the construction of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana Houses. | - Training of officials. | - Cost of the engraved logo of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana to be installed by the beneficiaries. | - Others, with approval of PR & DW departments. | - These amounts can be paid through RTGS/NEFT/other electronic modes of payment. | Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (Special): The unit cost under Biju Pucca Ghar (Special) for the construction of a new Pucca house is ₹ 1,20,000/- for non-IAP districts and ₹ 1,30,000/- for IAP districts. This can be revised by the P.R. and D.W. Department from time to time. | Release of Installments: | The number and amounts of installments may be revised by the Government from time to time. At present, the release of instalments will be as follows: | InstalmentsLevelAmount (IAP District)Amount (Non-IAP District)1st InstalmentOn the date of issuance of the work order ₹ 20,000/-₹ 20,000/-2nd InstalmentOn completion of the plinth₹ 35,000/-₹ 30,000/-3rd InstalmentOn completion of up to roof level₹ 45,000/-₹ 40,000/-4th InstalmentAfter completion of the house in all respects, including the sanitary latrine and beneficiary starts living in the house₹ 30,000/-₹ 30,000/-Total₹ 1,30,000/-₹ 1,20,000/- | - For issuance of a work order, geo-tagged photographs of the beneficiary with her/his Kutcha house and geo-tagged photographs of the beneficiary with the proposed site of construction should be collected. | - All photographs for inspection of houses should be taken and uploaded using AwaasApp developed by Gol or any other such App developed by the State Government. | - The photograph of the beneficiary, her/his Aadhaar UID/ EID, and mobile number should be kept in the case record and uploaded in AwaasSoft. In case the beneficiary does not have a mobile connection/Phone, her/his family/relative/friend’s mobile number provided by the beneficiary should be recorded. | - The 2%, 3 & 4" instalments will be credited to the beneficiary account by the BDO within a week of receipt of the report of the eye estimation, spot verification and Geo-tagged photographic evidence of the stage of construction by the official tagged with the beneficiary concerned. | - The beneficiary will fix the engraved logo of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana on the front wall of the house indicating the name of the beneficiaries, year of sanction unit cost etc. after which the 4" instalment will be released. | - Funds will be credited to the beneficiary account through Direct Account Transfer using the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).