What exactly is the Indira Awas Yojana?

The Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), also termed the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), is a rural housing programme managed by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. It provides cash help to recipients. Depending on housing scarcity factors from the 2011 Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), pucca dwellings with minimal utilities will be built. The IAY was established in 1985, during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure as Prime Minister. Close family members and widows of military members killed in action were added to the scheme’s beneficiary list in 1995-96.… Read more