The state-supported Abua Awas Yojana (AAY) was approved in the meeting of the Council of Ministers under the leadership of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Under AAY, 8 lakh houses will be built by the state government across Jharkhand and provided free of cost to the poor and needy.
This happened when the central government did not give approval for the construction of more than 8 lakh houses in the state.
The government has a target to construct eight lakh pucca houses for the homeless under the scheme.
In the first phase, 2 lakh houses will be built in the financial year 2023-24, 03 lakh 50 thousand in 2024-25, and 02 lakh 50 thousand in 2025-26.
The government will construct the housing in three phases at a cost of Rs 16 thousand 320 crore.
Under the Abua Awas Yojana, a three-room permanent house with an area of 31 square meters and a kitchen will be built.
The government will extend the benefit of the scheme to families living in kutcha houses, homeless and destitute families, families belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), victims of natural calamities, and released bonded labourers.
