SPECIAL PACKAGE

 
Funds provided for Rural Housing during the year are allocated to the States for release under Indira Awaas Yojana in accordance with pre-determine criteria assigning due weightage to housing shortage and poverty ratio. There is no provision for sanctioning special packages under IAY except for release of small amount out of 5% IAY funds meant for natural calamity to meet the exigencies of certain natural calamities like heavy rains, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, fire, etc. However, during the year 2008-09, an additional amount of Rs. 3050 crore was provided for Rural Housing out of Stimulus Economic Package for revival of economy, in the month of January, 2009. As this amount was provided in addition to the funds already allocated to the States in the beginning of the year, a portion of this amount was allocated and released as special packages for the following purposes:
• Rs. 412.91 crore allocated to 31 naxal affected districts as first instalment for construction of 3.15 lakh houses.

• Rs. 5.04 crore allocated to Border districts of NE States as first instalment for construction of 2908 houses in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

• Rs. 15.72 crore allocated to Border districts of J & K and Himachal Pradesh as first instalment for construction/up-gradation of 19912 houses. The full amount was released.

• Rs. 96.00 crore allocated to Bihar for Kala-Azar affected districts for construction of 73140 houses.

• Rs. 35.25 crore were allocated and released for Primitive Tribal Groups for construction of 26860 houses in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
Allocation and targets in tabular form, for the funds released as special packages, are as under:
 
For Kala-azar affected districts of Bihar 96.00 0.73
For Naxal Affected Districts 412.91 3.15
For border districts 20.76 0.23
For Primitive Tribal Groups 35.25 0.27
Total 564.92 4.38
 
The DRDAs are required to upload the monthly financial and physical performance of these special packages separately.
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