Gurugram, March 21 : Municipal Corporation Gurugram Commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0, the government is providing housing benefits to homeless people. Eligible persons of urban areas of district Gurugram should take advantage of the scheme by applying online.
During the review held on Friday, the Municipal Commissioner said that under the scheme in Municipal Corporation Gurugram and Manesar, Municipal Council Sohna and Pataudi-Jatauli Mandi and Municipal Council Farukhnagar area, 698 beneficiaries have constructed buildings in the urban areas of the district under Beneficiary Based Construction (BLC). Other 118 beneficiaries are also being motivated to start construction work.
He said that under PM Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0, so far 685 applications have been received for BLC component, 4088 applications under Affordable Housing Partnership and 224 applications under Interest Subsidy Scheme. The entire application process has been made online by the government.
The Municipal Commissioner said that some criteria have been set by the government for eligibility of the scheme. According to this, economically weaker sections, low income group families, who do not have a permanent house of their own anywhere in the country, will be eligible to buy or construct a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0. Eligible persons can apply online on the portal of the Central Government. According to the government guidelines, it is mandatory for the Aadhar card of the family members of the applicant to be linked to the mobile because in case of no link, OTP will not come and the application will not be valid. He said that after receiving the application, the Municipal Corporation team will go to the ground and verify it. If the information given at the time of application is found to be incorrect during verification, the application will be canceled.