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CASE STUDY
subsidy of 6.5% (for EWS and target beneficiaries. With this PMAY, led by the City Engineer.
LIG), 4% for MIG-I and 3% for plan schemes were introduced Under BLC, the contract was
MIG-II on housing loans availed and made into effect. given to private consultant to
by the beneficiaries for a period IEC Activities work on it. Various construction
of 20 years from the start of a companies were hired working
loan. Under AHP, houses are In the initial stage, people were for the implementation of the
built for economically weaker unaware of the benefits of the project. The project not only
sections of society through PMAY and how it was going to benefi ed to the beneficiaries
various partnership models by work. So, during that stage JMC but it also generated the
state and urban local bodies with conducted various activities employment opportunities for
private sector. Under BLC, such as campaigning, awareness people in its hometown.
assistance is given to individual programs in slum areas, to Progress under PMAY-U in
eligible families belonging to explain the structure of PMAY. Jamnagar
EWS categories to either Various awareness campaigns
construct new houses or enhance were done which include There are 11 schemes which are
existing houses on their own to hoardings in various parts of the deployed by JMC- PMAY(U)
cover beneficiaries who are not city, flyers, audio clips through which benefits more than 2464
the medium of radio and families under the component of
able to take advantage of other
components of the mission. television. The private Affordable Housing in
institution and third parties Partnerships. Under BLC
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY were contacted to form a proper component more than 1500
JMC UNDER PMAY structure for BLC and to take families benefi ed to construct
In the initial phase, like every charge of it. All the sites were their homes. Under CLSS
other ULB, Jamnagar Municipal geo-tagged. All fund transfer scheme the target given to the
Corporation (JMC) started with was done through DBT, so the Jamnagar city was 5390 against
the demand survey to estimate transparency was maintained at which the achievement is 7920,
the number of people who are each level. which is 149% of the given
interested to buy the house or Employment Opportunities target. Many changes have been
avail the benefits under PMAY. Various employment implemented in the scheme from
The survey of potential 36,881 opportunities were created in time to time. Recently, a new
people was done in the year Jamnagar and also throughout component was introduced after
2016. This survey was done in the city where this project was the lockdown in the name of
various slums and parts of the implemented. From a scratch, 'ARHC- Affordable Rental
cities to gain knowledge about when a project is implemented it Housing Complexes' for
the facilities and demand scale takes various people to build it. migrants and urban poor, as a
of the person as well as to know Many unskilled workers who sub-scheme under Pradhan
the ratio of males and females were daily wage workers got Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban
who are interested to buy the
employment in their hometown (PMAY-U). This will provide
house under the scheme. With
while making houses under ease of living to urban migrants/
the help of this demand Housing PMAY. The skilled workers such poor working in Industrial
for All Plan of Action (HfAPoA) as the staff of PMAY Housing Sector as well as in the informal
was prepared by JMC to provide which consisted of civil economy. These sections will get
housing for all up to the Year Engineers, MIS executive, Social access to dignified affordable
2022. An Annual Implementation Development Specialist along
Plan was prepared with a with the Deputy Engineer rental housing close to their
workplace vide this vertical.
systematic plan of action for the managed the implementation of
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