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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY) was previously named as the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY). The Government of India created this social welfare flagship program with the aim to provide housing to the rural poor in the country.

The Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched in the year 1985 by the then PM, Rajiv Gandhi. It had been one of the most appreciated flagship programs of the Ministry of Rural Development under the Government of India to construct housing facilities for the BPL people in the villages.Under this scheme, a total of?120,000 (US$1,700) worth of financial assistance will be provided in the plain areas and about?130,000 (US$1,800) worth of financial assistance for the difficult areas (high land area) for the purpose of the construction of houses.

These houses have been equipped with all the basic facilities including a toilet, LPG connection, an electricity connection, and drinking water. These facilities have been provided with convergence with the other schemes, for instance, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan toilets, Ujjwala Yojana LPG gas connection, Saubhagya Yojana electricity connection, and others. A good thing about these houses is that they have been allotted in the name of the woman of the house or the husband and wife jointly. A Sanitary latrine and a smokeless chullah are essential to be constructed with each of the IAY houses. For this purpose, further additional financial assistance has been provided from the "Total Sanitation Campaign" and the "Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana respectively.

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History of the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY):

It was started in the year 1985 as a significant part of the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP). The Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was added in the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) in the year 1989. Ever since 1st January 1996, it has been operating as an independent scheme.

In the year 1993-94, the IAY scheme was successfully extended to the Non-SC/ST categories as well. From the year 1995–96, it got further extended to the widows or next-of-kin of defense personnel who had been killed in action, ex-servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces.

The "Indira Awaas Yojana" (IAY) had been restructured as the "Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana" (PMGAY) in the year 2015.

The purpose of this scheme is to financially assist the weakest sections of the society for the construction of a house of good quality for living. The government of India has the vision to replace all the temporary (kutchcha) houses by the year 2017.

The Major Benefits of IAY:

• Provide adequate support for the construction of houses in the rural areas of India.
• Providing Support for the construction of houses with proper provisions such as a workplace within the house.
• The houses will be designed to keep the requirements of the dweller in mind.
• The scheme will help to promote the use of technology and affordable materials that are conducive for the generation of employment, environment friendliness, sustainability, and easy management.
• Identification of the local materials and technology for the construction of houses that will last for at least 30 years.
• The scheme will help to Empower and encourage the village Panchayats to take up the role of planning and implementation of this program at the village level.

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The Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) makes reserve funds available. These have been availed from the Central government for the completion of various special Projects in the States or the Union Territories for purposes like:

1. Rehabilitation of the BPL rural families in case they have been affected by law and order or violent outbreaks.

1. Rehabilitation of the BPL rural families who have been affected by natural calamities including storms, floods, etc.

1. Provision of a settlement for the liberated manual scavengers and freed bonded laborers.

1. Provision of a settlement for the vulnerable tribal societies.

1. Rehabilitation of the people who have been affected by occupational diseases such as Asbestos, Silicosis, pesticides, etc. or epidemic diseases like "Kala-azar".

1. Settlement of the families included under "The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006".

1. Settlement of the families who have been forced to relocate their houses from those districts found along the international borders.

1. Demonstration of new upcoming technologies with a focus on using affordable and eco-friendly ones

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