The government has allowed online applications for affordable homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) from Thursday. This is expected to ease the process and boost the number of applications. In a significant initiative, the housing ministry has enabled online submission of applications by the urban poor for affordable houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) from November 3. A Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between housing and Electronics and Information Technology Ministry. During the occasion housing minister Venkaiah Naidu said that Digital India Mission is transforming the country and collaboration with Common Services Centre will help in bringing more urban poor under the ambit of PMAY(Urban).
Out of the over two lakh Common Services Centre across the country, about 60,000 located in urban areas will enable online submission of applications from November 3, 2016 at a nominal cost of Rs.25/- per application.
Beneficiaries have to visit the nearest CSC for seeking assistance for seeking benefits of PMAY(Urban) online. In case the beneficiary does not have Aadhaar Card, CSCs will enable beneficiaries acquiring them.
11 lakh houses have been already sanctioned for urban poor during the last one year and this is expected to pick up further momentum through online applications.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) or Housing for all is an ambitious housing scheme of the Government that aims to provide housing for all by the year 2022.
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