PM Awas Yojana: The time to apply to avail the benefits of PM Awas Yojana-Gramin has been extended. Now eligible families can register on Awas Plus portal till 30th April. In this regard, the Central Rural Development Department has issued a letter to the concerned officials. Earlier the last date to apply was 31st March.

Duty of village secretaries imposed

Families who could not apply in the year 2017-18 due to some reason can apply in the scheme. A person from an eligible family can also submit the application at his own level through Awas Plus portal. Also, the duty of village secretaries of panchayats has also been imposed to register people for this scheme.

In such a situation, the eligible family can register for the scheme in any way. In future, the government will give a target according to the block to provide pucca houses to these registered families.

You will get this much money

In Jhajjar, Zila Parishad Chairman Captain Birdhana said that apart from applying till April 30, its survey has also been extended by one month. Under this scheme, eligible families are given assistance in three installments. A total of Rs 1.38 lakh financial assistance is given for house construction in three installments. Rs 45 thousand is released in the first installment, Rs 60 in the second and Rs 33 thousand in the third and final installment. Also, Rs 33,360 is given as wages for 90 days at the rate of Rs 374 per day of MNREGA and Rs 12 thousand is given for construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission.

You can apply from home

The village secretary is conducting a survey by visiting the houses of eligible families and will apply from there through a mobile application. If a villager wants to apply himself, he can use the Awas Plus app. For more information about the scheme, the concerned village secretary can be contacted.