Bengaluru, July 09: Under the leadership of B.S.Yediyurappa, the Karnataka government is going to construct nine lakh houses in two years under different housing projects. The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by the Karnataka Chief Minister about the housing scheme in the state.
According to the press release, the form that 9 lakh houses, the government is going to construct the 5 lakh as part of state project while the remaining 4 lakh will be built under the central scheme. "Of 9 lakh houses, 5 lakh units will be built as part of state projects and 4 lakh units under the Central scheme," he told after a review meeting of the housing schemes with Housing Minister V Somanna and officials.
BS Yeddyurappa informed that the state government under its state housing scheme provides a subsidy of Rs 1.75 Lakh to beneficiaries and Rs 1.20 lakh to others for building their own house across the state.
It further said that a hundred houses will be distributed under each Gram Panchayat limit. "A subsidy of ₹1.75 lakh is being provided to SC beneficiaries and ₹1.20 lakh to others for house construction. Under central housing project, beneficiaries who have been allotted the houses will get a subsidy of ₹72,000-that is 60 percent from the Centre and ₹48,000-- 40 percent from the state government," it said.
Houses will be built under the state government's Basava housing project, the Ambedkar Nivas scheme, the Devaraj Urs housing scheme, and the Vajpayee urban housing project.
The state government is going to distribute 5,000 houses on the occasion of the independence day, under the Chief Ministers 1 lakh housing scheme. "About 5,000 houses will be distributed to the beneficiaries in districts across the state on August 15 to mark the country's 75th Independence Day under the 'Chief Minister's 1-lakh housing scheme," Somanna added.
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