National Conference of Project Directors of District Rural Development Agencies July 8 – 9, 2013 Indira Awaas Yojana

Revised IAY Guideline Sailent Features Enhancement of Unit Assistance:- Construction of New House – Plain areas Rs. 70,000, Hilly States and Difficult areas including IAP districts Rs. 75,000/- Up gradation of dilapidated/ kutcha house – Rs. 15,000/- House sites for eligible landless – Rs. 20,000/- Provision of Administrative Expenses – 4% of fund released

Contd/ … Constitution of Empowered Committee under Chairmanship of SRD/AS(RD) Allocation of fund 95 % of the total budget for new houses, upgradation of houses and provision of house sites and administrative expenses 5 % of total budget reserved for special projects Flexibility to State for district wise allocation of targets. Payment to beneficiaries to be made into her/his Bank/PO(DBT using eFMS)

Contd/… Difficult Areas redefined States to identify difficult areas with the approval of empowered committee Habitation approach To be adopted for PTGs, FRA beneficiaries and other identified habitations Individual house hold approach for beneficiaries living scattered

Contd/… Monitoring to be done through AWAASSoft. Release of funds linked to uploading of information in Awaassoft Physical Monitoring through Areas Officers of the Ministry and National Level Monitors (NLMs).

Promote Technologies that are – Cost effective – Green/ environment friendly – Climate resilient – Disaster proof Should enable durability of 30 years Appropriate specifications approved by - BIS, HUDCO, BMPTC, IITs, engineering colleges and eminent NGOs Reuse/recycling of used construction material is permitted Prior approval of EC Alternate Technologies

Dissemination of appropriate building technologies Capacity Building Transfer of Technology Technology Facilitation Centres Prefabrication Training Masons Convergence Support System

Supplementary grants from the State Government DRI Loans Mobilization of other loans Formulation of subsidy-linked projects availing loans from banks/financial institutions Mobilising Additional Resources

More efforts to be made by States/UTs to converge IAY with other prevalent schemes/ programmes Mandatory toilets with IAY unit. NBA funds will be made available as per joint letter of M/DWS & M/RD dated IAY target to be communicated at States/ district level. District level sanitary mission will transfer funds to IAY implementing agency in two installment. 2 nd installment will be issued on submission of UC/AR as per NBA guidelines. Contd… Convergence of IAY

Ministry of Power (RGGVY) for providing one free electricity connection to all IAY beneficiaries Self-help Groups & NRLM For extending internal loans for eligible IAY beneficiaries for construction of houses & help members access loan for houses from financial institutions Ministry of Health For covering IAY beneficiaries under insurance schemes meant for health / maternity / life benefits

Annual allocation for States/UTs based on existing formula ( 75% weight to houselessness & 25% weight to Poverty ratio) rationalised to achieve fair category wise distribution  B.E – Rs crore  Funds for allocation – Rs crore (incl. admin cost)  Total target - 24,80,715 houses Targets for SCs, STs and Minorities made in proportion to population of these categories in States/UT’s State shall follow this principle for allocating targets below Up to 20% of district allocation can be used for upgradation Once SECC is finalised allocation would be based on houseless people from BPL population for each category Allocation

Release of funds State shall be the unit for purpose of release of funds OB, release of state share, Expenditure and TAF shall be reckoned at State level  1 st installment - equal to 50% of annual allocation  2 nd installment - equal to annual allocation minus 1 st inst. All data will be as per entries in AwaasSoft only No proposal for 2 nd installment will be entertained after end of December Grace period of 3 years from for States to adjust to the new cycle,during which proposals can be submitted till end of January

Targets Rs. in lakh, Units in nos

1 st installment restricted to districts which have received 2 nd installment of previous year Subject to Annual Select List of beneficiaries has been prepared and uploaded in AwaasSoft Districts which have not claimed 2 nd installment in previous year - consolidated claim for 1 st installment should be sent along with documents which were required to be submitted for release of 2 nd installment of previous year 1 st installment

State should satisfy the following conditions Utilization of at least 60% of total available funds. Release of matching state share Fulfillment of conditionalities, if any, indicated during earlier releases Completion of 100% of sanctioned houses more than 3 years old & 75% of houses sanctioned 2 to 3 years ago Data entry in AwaasSoft reflecting utilization of funds and completion of houses 2 nd installment

Uploading Annual selection list before release of 1 st installment Registration of complete beneficiary details Financial & Physical progress as reflected in AwaasSoft would be considered for all purposes All transaction have to be done through AwaasSoft Use of reports for monitoring Regular uploading of photos every quarter Follow up till completion Use of AwaasSoft

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