GDA HIKES COST OF FLATS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLANS
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad development authority (GDA) board on Saturday approved proposals to increase the cost of affordable housing under the Samajwadi Awas Yojna and the PM Awas Yojna (PMAY).
Now, a cost of a flat under the PMAY will be ₹6 lakh instead of ₹4.5 lakh. But it will be applicable on only the three projects where flats are yet to be allotted.
In the Samajwadi Awas Yojna, where the usual rates were between ₹18 lakh to ₹24 lakh per unit. “The rates under the Samajwadi Awas Yojna is now about 15% higher. It was decided that the cost increase will be only for the new flats which are yet to be registered or allotted. Those already allotted will be at the old rates,” said Anita C Meshram, divisional commissioner (Meerut) who is also the chairperson of the authority.
The GDA officials said that they presently charge 2% as contingency charges and 10% administrative charges during the allotment of houses.
“We have now decided that the contingency and the administrative charges will now be hiked to 15% each for the Samajwadi Awas Yojna flats,” said Asheesh Shivpuri, authority’s chief architect and town planner.
The three new sites where flats under PMAY are getting constructed are at Pratap Vihar, Noor Nagar and Niwari.
“We also decided that the additional levy of cost on flats at Madhuban Bapudham scheme be discussed further and the proposal will be put up in next board meeting. Earlier, discussions were held that the cost of additional land compensation given to farmers will be added to the cost of flats. It was to be loaded on previously allotted flats and also on new ones. So, we have asked the authority to examine the proposal further so that those who have already paid up do not bear additional cost,” Meshram added.
She said that despite the pandemic situation, the income of the authority has not suffered much and is likely to be on track by March. She said that the income in 2019-20 was about ₹606 crore.
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to begin recruitment for over 50,000 vacant posts in various government departments.
He has given a go ahead to Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UPSSSC) to start the recruitment process.
“The commission will soon begin two stage selection process to fill these vacant posts. Further, the commission will also declare results of 13 exams held before 2020 in the next two months,” the chief minister said in a press statement.
Reportedly a total of 9,212 posts of women health workers in family welfare department, 7,882 post of lekhpal in revenue department, 1,817 posts of assistant Group C in agricultural directorate, 1,137 post of junior assistant in revenue department, 1,068 posts in accounts and audit department, 874 posts of surveyor in sugarcane department, 700 posts of laboratory technician, 694 post of forest guard, 622 post of instructor and 456 posts of x ray technician are currently vacant across Uttar Pradesh.
According to the officials, the first part of selection will be in a form of a written examination comprising total of 100 questions.
The candidates who qualify will then be called for the final exam.
As many as 50,000 unemployed educated youths are expected to get employment in the coming days.
Officials of the commission asserted that entire selection process will be done in the most transparent way as directed by the UP chief minister.