Tag: Indira Awas Yojana

Nayagarh: Serious allegations of women being forced to participate in a padyatra organised by the ruling-BJD in Bhapur block of Nayagarh surfaced today. Local women have alleged that they were threatened by BJD leaders that they will not be provided Indira Awas Yojana benefits and pension if they do not attend the padyatra. The ruling […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the controversy over Odisha government’s claim of constructing 10 lakh houses under Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY) in past two years, the divergence between data announced by the CM Naveen Patnaik and the facts provided by the Panchayatiraj department has further raised eyebrows. Investigations conducted by OTV revealed that the Panchayatiraj department’s website […]

Puri: The Puri collector Arvind Agrawal has suspended 8 junior engineers (JE) of 8 blocks in the district over unsatisfactory progress of work under various housing schemes. According to the additional project director Srikant Tarai, the collector has suspended the JEs as Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) and Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY) have not seen […]

Bhubaneswar: Believe it or not, the State government has constructed a record seven lakh pucca houses under several rural housing schemes in the State in a span of five months! According to information sourced from the replies of Panchayati raj minister Arun Sahoo in Odisha Assembly in December 2015, construction of 3,02,333 houses were completed […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has asked all the district collectors to complete the construction of 3 lakh houses for the beneficiaries of Biju Pucca Ghara Yojna (BPGY) and Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) in next two months. Reviewing the progress of different programmes through video-conferencing here today, Patnaik advised the collectors to take implementation of […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide houses to poor people of both urban and rural areas at cheaper rate, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced ‘Shelter Security Mission’ in the State. Inaugurating the two-day Collectors’ conference here at the State Secretariat, Patnaik said that State government will spend Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 crore to […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav today sought clarification from Odisha government on the central assistance given for different welfare schemes and accused the ruling BJD of “looting” public money. “Every gram panchayat gets a direct financial assistance of Rs 422 per head each year for carrying out developmental work. […]

Bhubaneswar: Action has been taken against 836 officers for their alleged involvement in corruption under various housing schemes in Odisha in last two years, said a minister on Tuesday. Punitive measures have been taken against the officials based on complaints of corruption in the poverty alleviation schemes – Indira Awas Yojana/Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (G) […]