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Puducherry Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy connected Tuesday jointly inaugurated the disbursement of ₹1 lakh arsenic archetypal instalment of the integrated lodging strategy to astir 1,300 beneficiaries.
The AINRC-BJP authorities had decided to merge its lodging strategy named aft erstwhile Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamarajar with Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for providing enhanced fiscal assistance to beneficiaries from wide and Scheduled Caste categories successful the Union Territory.
As a sequel to the decision, the authorities decided to supply ₹5 lakh with Centre’s publication of ₹2.25 lakh and the remaining ₹2.75 lakh fixed by the territorial medication to beneficiaries belonging to the wide category. The archetypal instalment of ₹1 lakh of the full ₹5 lakh was fixed to astir 1,327 radical residing successful the 4 regions of Puducherry astatine a relation held successful Kamban Kalaiarangam.
The Chief Minister said the beneficiaries would person the wealth .credited into their slope accounts connected Wednesday. Recalling the motorboat of the Kamarajar Housing Scheme during his authorities successful 2003, Mr. Rangasamy said the programme was launched with a humble magnitude of ₹40,000 arsenic authorities assistance for lodging needs.
“In my consequent tenures, the magnitude was raised to ₹50,000, past to ₹1 lakh, again to ₹2 lakh and present ₹2. 75 lakh. The authorities has decided to further heighten the allocation to wide and SC categories. The Prime Minister’s strategy has further accrued the assistance,” helium said.
Around 2,000 radical who had availed the strategy successful 2003 had pledged their spot documents to get the sum of ₹40,000. As immoderate of them could not implicit the operation work, the documents were inactive with the Housing Board. So, the authorities has decided to merchandise the documents without collecting involvement oregon penal charges from them, helium said.
Referring to the Congress padayatra, the Chief Minister said, “they couldn’t bash thing portion successful powerfulness and present they are walking connected the streets levelling mendacious charges. People cognize astir who worked for them.”
The Lieutenant Governor urged the authorities to see further betterment of the lodging scheme. He suggested merchandise of 10% of the full ₹5 lakh to the beneficiary earlier laying the foundation. Speaker R. Selvam and Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan participated.
