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CASE STUDY
A PRIME MINISTER'S DREAM – HOUSING FOR ALL
- Initiatives by Jamnagar Municipal Corporation
ZAINAB KADIANI Launched in 2015, Pradhan Mantri of PMAY-HfA-Urban i.e.
Awas Yojana (PMAY) is an initiative by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-
the Government of India that aims to Housing for All (Urban) with the
provide affordable housing for certain aim of providing affordable
sections of the society. Ever since its housing, especially for
launch, PMAY has changed the economically weaker sections
dynamics of the real estate market by and lower income groups of the
signi cantly reducing the cost of
society, with a target of building
acquiring a home for urban poor. On a
20 million affordable houses by
large scale it even supports the economic
2022 through four components:
Provision of affordable development of the country focussing on
(1) ISSR- “In-situ” Slum
housing is one of the the increase in the standard of living and Redevelopment; (2) CLSS-
key pillars of building the increase in the GDP of the country. Credit Link Subsidy Scheme; (3)
inclusive and resilient is scheme is converged with other AHP- Affordable Housing in
schemes to ensure houses have a toilet,
cities. The Jamnagar Partnership; and (4) BLC-
S aubhag ya Yoj ana elec tr ic it y
Municipal Corporation Beneficiary Led Construction. A
connection, Ujjwala Yojana LPG gas
is well poised to Technology Sub-Mission was
connection, access to drinking water and
provide house to every created under PMAY for
Jan Dhan banking facilities, etc. is
needy individual by the promotion of cost-effective,
article gives the activities undertaken by
end of 2022. the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation green and sustainable building
u n d e r P M AY- H f A a n d o t h e r materials and construction
programmes to make Jamnagar an technologies. The “In-situ” slum
rehabilitation using land as a
inclusive and resilient city.
resource with private
INTRODUCTION participation for providing
houses to eligible slum dwellers
The Hon'ble President of India, is a component, which help to
in his address to the Joint make slum free cities under the
Session of Parliament on 9th “Housing for All” mission. This
June, 2014 had announced “By approach aims to leverage the
the time the Nation completes locked potential of land under
75 years of its Independence,
Key Words: PMAY, Housing for All, slums to provide houses " to the
every family will have a pucca
Jamnagar Municipal Corporation, Land eligible slum dwellers bringing
house with water connection,
acquisition, infrastructure them into the formal urban
toilet facilities, 24x7 electricity se lement. Under the CLSS
Zainab Kadiani (zkadiani68@gmail.com) is supply and access.” On 25th component of PMAY, the
Social Development Specialist – PMAY at June 2015, the Prime Minister government provides an interest
Jamnagar Municipal Corporation of India introduced the scheme
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