Cm Jan Awas Yojana - Affordable Housing Scheme, Rajasthan

By Author: gaurav seth
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Right to adequate housing is a basic human right as shelter is a basic human need. Provision of adequate housing is emerging as a major thrust area for Government of India as well as the State Governments. Government of Rajasthan also accords a very high priority to this task. With increase in cost of land, building materials, labour and infrastructure, positive encouragement to affordable housing has become necessary for the economically weaker and low income groups. Hence the role and intervention of the State Government becomes important.

Sustainability of environment and development cannot be achieved without adequate & Affordable Housing. Creation of a large stock of housing at affordable prices for all is not a simple technological issue or a mere problem of the finance. It is a complex amalgam of a host of factors, which need to be tackled at all levels and in a synchronized manner.

The goal to provide Affordable Housing to all has an economic and social significance. Rajasthan has the largest area in the country which is 10.41% of the country's area. As per the 2011 census, urban population in Rajasthan ...
... is 24.8%.

At the National level, the total housing shortage in urban sector is estimated as 18.70 million, out of which more than 90 percent shortage is of EWS/LIG housing. In Rajasthan total housing shortage in the urban sector was estimated to be 1.05 million by Technical Group on Housing Shortage, constituted by Govt. of India out of which more than 85% is in the EWS/LIG category.

Due to rapid pace of urbanization, increasing rural to urban migration and gap between demand and supply, especially in EWS/LIG category there is a growing requirement for shelter and related infrastructure in urban areas of Rajasthan. It is felt that policy intervention is needed to bridge this gap in housing demand and availability. Shortage of affordable housing is emerging as a major challenge for the Government and is sought to be tackled through a series of measures and policy guidelines.

To achieve the goal of "Affordable Housing for All" and integrated habitat development we need to ensure equitable supply of land, shelter and services at affordable prices in Rajasthan, with special focus on economically weaker sections, Lower Income Groups and urban poor.