Under the Centre’s flagship ‘Housing for All’ mission (urban), a minimum addition of 9 sq m of carpet area to the existing house will be required to avail Central assistance under the ‘Beneficiary Led Construction’ (BLC) component of the mission. 

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation on Wednesday issued modified guidelines to States and Union Territories for compliance while sending affordable housing proposals for enhancement of existing houses.

The other three components of the mission are In-situ Slum Redevelopment, Affordable Housing in Partnership and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme, giving more options to beneficiaries, based on their needs and income levels.

Under BLC, beneficiaries will be assisted for construction of new houses and enhancement of existing houses to make them more liveable.

“A minimum addition of 9.0 sq m of carpet to the existing pucca or semi-pucca house shall now be ensured for being eligible for Central assistance of ₹1.50 lakh per beneficiary,” a Ministry statement read.

This enhancement shall include pucca construction of at least one habitable room or room with kitchen/bathroom /toilet according to the National Building Construction norms, it added.

The Ministry has so far approved construction of 6.84 lakh affordable houses for economically weaker sections. 

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