Explanation:

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
• In the context of Government’s priority for “Housing for All” by 2022, the rural housing scheme IAY has been restructured to Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), which came into effect from 2016-17.
• The main features of the scheme of PMAY-G include:
– Providing assistance for construction of 1.00 crore houses in rural areas over the period of 3 years from 2016-17 to 2018-19.
– Enhancement of unit assistance from 70,000 to 1.20 lakh in plain and from 75,000 to 1.30 lakh in hilly states, difficult areas and IAP districts.
– Identification of beneficiaries based on the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC 2011) data covering households that are houseless or living in houses with kutcha walls and kutcha roof with two rooms or less after excluding households falling under the automatic exclusion category; and
– The beneficiary will get 12,000/- as assistance for construction of toilet under Swachh Bharat Mission or any other dedicated source of funding including Swachh Bharat Kosh and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and support of 90 person days in plain areas and 95 person days in hilly states, difficult areas and IAP districts under MGNREGS through convergence.