UP EMERGES AS BEST PERFORMING STATE IN PM AWAS YOJNA - URBAN

The main factors behind complete turnaround of Uttar Pradesh after chief minister Yogi Adityanath took charge of the state are rigorous monitoring, and expeditious implementation of the scheme by officials specially appointed for the task

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has led the state from front in the PMAY. From being amongst the low performing state till 2017 in the implementation of urban segment of PM Awas Yojana, UP has emerged as the best performing state in the country and urban territories in the past over three and a half years and also registering a huge increase in sanction of houses. As per official estimates before March 2017 only 19,000 houses were sanctioned under the central governments’ scheme to provide houses to all in urban areas. This number stands at over 17.60 lakh and the number of houses completed has increased from barely 36,000 in March 2017 to 6.50 lakh. In view of this outstanding performance, Uttar Pradesh has received the award of best performing state in the implementation of this scheme. In another achievement, Nagar Palika Parishad Mirzapur has been adjudged the best performing urban local body in construction of houses under the scheme. The Malihabad Nagar Panchayat in Lucknow bagged the first position in its category of local body while Harraiya Nagar panchayat in Sant Kabir Nagar too bagged the third rank among the top five selected by the Union Housing Ministry. The main factor behind this complete turnaround of UP after chief minister Yogi Adityanath took charge of the state were rigorous monitoring, and appointing officers especially for expeditious implementation. The state government almost institutionalised weekly review of the progress and the chief minister visiting sites and holding stocktaking meetings with senior officials. The state government also tied up with several lending institutions including HUDCO to ensure there was no fund crunch. The UP government adopted different modules of the scheme for different categories of cities and towns for speedy implementation. For example, in B and C tier towns the focus was on beneficiary led house construction (BLC) where people have acquired land for building houses. The state also ranks high in the CLSS vertical (interest subsidy on home loan) of the PMAY scheme.

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