UPA’s housing schemes to merge; govt for more private sector role
14 Sept 2014 3:54 AM IST
With the target of providing of providing houses for all by 2022, a new integrated National Housing Mission will be launched very soon by merging some of UPA’s flagship schemes like JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana.
Noting that the gigantic task of ensuring housing for all needs large scale participation of private developers, Urban Development and Housing minister Venkaiah Naidu said the government is committed to promote public-private-partnership and operational hurdles will be removed by making available land required and enabling expeditious clearances.
The minister said that in consolations with states/UTs and urban local bodies, an effort is being made to enable online clearances for housing and other urban development projects. ‘We have experiences of JNNURM, Indira Awas Yojana, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Rajiv Rinn Yojana. There are so many yojana some of them even did not take off,’ he said.
While JNNURM was meant to create urban infrastructure and also affordable housing, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Indira Awas Yojana and Rajiv Rinn Yojana launched were for providing housing for the needy and economically weaker sections in the society.
Targeting UPA’s flagship programmes, Naidu said Rajiv Rinn Yojana, ‘inspite of best efforts, could not take off. So after taking over we have studied all these schemes and now the government has decided to merge all schemes into one.’
Noting that the gigantic task of ensuring housing for all needs large scale participation of private developers, Urban Development and Housing minister Venkaiah Naidu said the government is committed to promote public-private-partnership and operational hurdles will be removed by making available land required and enabling expeditious clearances.
The minister said that in consolations with states/UTs and urban local bodies, an effort is being made to enable online clearances for housing and other urban development projects. ‘We have experiences of JNNURM, Indira Awas Yojana, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Rajiv Rinn Yojana. There are so many yojana some of them even did not take off,’ he said.
While JNNURM was meant to create urban infrastructure and also affordable housing, Rajiv Awas Yojana, Indira Awas Yojana and Rajiv Rinn Yojana launched were for providing housing for the needy and economically weaker sections in the society.
Targeting UPA’s flagship programmes, Naidu said Rajiv Rinn Yojana, ‘inspite of best efforts, could not take off. So after taking over we have studied all these schemes and now the government has decided to merge all schemes into one.’
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