Middle-class bag most benefits: Lack of land titles, funds leave slum dwellers ‘homeless’ under PMAY in Gujarat | Indian Express
July 7, 2022
Around 94,000 or 48 per cent of the 1.97 lakh families living in slum pockets in the towns of Gujarat want to construct houses on their own with state assistance under the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme’s beneficiary-led construction (BLC) component but have failed to do so largely due to the land ownership issues, a recent study has found.
The study titled ‘PMAY and Housing for All in Small and Medium size Towns of Gujarat’ conducted by HIC has found that while a lot of work has been done in Gujarat under PMAY, most of the benefits have gone to non-slum areas. Read the full study below.
Read the PMAY Study