By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The State Cabinet Chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a proposal to provide house repair assistance of Rs 3,000 to beneficiaries of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana and two other state-sponsored housing schemes for construction workers and mining area residents.
Similarly, the state government will provide Rs 5,000 crores for house repairs to the needy families who were deprived of availing houses under the centre’s PMAY-Gramin scheme.
“ Around 30 lakh families will be benefitted from this,” the Chief Minister said. The Chief Minister also said that a total of Rs 1444 crores will be borne by the state government’s Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana. Since 2014, the Odisha government has spent more than Rs 22,000 Crore on rural housing in the state.
