Modi releases first instalment of PM-JANMAN scheme for pucca homes to one lakh beneficiaries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on January 15 release ₹540 crore — the first instalment of funding — for pucca homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) to one lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) beneficiary families

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on January 15 release ₹540 crore — the first instalment of funding — for pucca homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) to one lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) beneficiary families as part of the recently-launched PM-JANMAN package for the overall development of PVTG habitations. 

A statement from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs said that Mr. Modi would release the first instalment via video conferencing at noon, following which he was set to interact with the PVTG beneficiaries of the package. Simultaneously, in 100 districts, officials of both the Centre and the respective State governments will distribute benefits under the package to Gram Panchayats and village chiefs. 

In the two months since the Prime Minister launched the scheme on November 15, the government said it had sanctioned projects worth over ₹4,700 crore through nine Ministries under the PM-JANMAN package, which includes the first instalment for PMAY(G) homes for one lakh beneficiaries. 

Further, the government has sanctioned the building of 1,207 km out of the targeted 8,000 km of roads in PVTG habitations; approved schemes to connect all left out PVTG households to the PM Jal Jeevan Mission; and sanctioned 916 anganwadi centres, 816 of which are expected to be operational by the end of this month. 

It has also sanctioned energisation of over 6,500 PVTG households covering over 70,000 households, with 17 PVTG habitations (7,353 households) now already electrified. Moreover, 206 mobile towers, covering the range of over 500 PVTG villages have been sanctioned.  

In addition to this, the government had on December 25 started an information and education campaign to register PVTG peoples for basic documentation like caste certificate, PM Jan Dhan Accounts, Aadhaar cards, Ayushmaan cards, etc., which would become essential for the beneficiaries to avail the benefits of the PM-JANMAN package. 

In 22 days, the government said it had managed to get over two lakh registrations for Kisan Samman Nidhi Cards, 70,000 registrations for Aadhaar cards, 82,000 for Ayushman Cards, and 61,000 for PM Jan Dhan bank accounts. Further, over 90,000 community certificates have been issued to people in PVTG habitations.