Monday, September 30, 2013

Rajiv Rinn Yojana revised

Ahead of the State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir later this year, and the General Elections in 2014, the UPA Government is rolling out revised Rajiv Rinn Yojana. The revision will allow more funding for the purchase of houses in the lower-income categories.

The Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry (HUPA) will soon instruct to States to determine their targets for the scheme’s implementation. Under the RRY, loans are offered to the economically weaker sections (EWS) on subsidised interest rates for a 15-year tenure for buying houses.

The economic parameters of the EWS has been defined as a household with an average annual income of up to Rs. 1 lakh and Lower Income Group has been defined as household with an average annual income between Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 2 lakh. The scheme offer an interest subsidy on Rs. 5 lakh for an EWS individual for a house spread over at least 21 square metres. In the LIG category, the subsidy on interest will be up to Rs. 5 lakh. The loan amount has been increased to Rs. 5 lakh for the EWS and a maximum loan amount of Rs. 8 lakh for a LIG house will be admissible.

According to the statistics India’s urban housing shortage is 18.78 million for the next five-year plan, from 2012 to 2017, of which 96 per cent is in the EWS and lower-income group (LIG) categories. Shortage for the EWS stands at almost 11 million homes or 56.2 per cent, while that for LIG is at 7.41 million homes or 39.5 per cent.

The Ministry has set a target of around a million households through the RRY over a period of four years with an estimated outgo of Rs. 45-50,000 crore.

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