| Ministry of Urban Development Govt. of India Guidelines |
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| Order |
| The Prime Minister of India has announced a new Centrally sponsoredscheme called Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) on the 15th August, 2001 to ameliorate the conditions of the Urban Slum dwellers living below poverty line. Government are pleased to accord administration sanction to implement the scheme with the following features, in the State:. |
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| 1• | The objective of Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) - is primarily to provide shelter or upgrade the existing shelter for people living below the poverty line in Urban Slums in a march towards the goal of slum less cities with a healthy and enabling Urban environment. |
| 2• | The target group under the Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) will be all slum dwellers in Urban areas who are the BPL including members of the EWS who do not possess adequate shelter. |
| 3• | Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) -is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme shared on a 50:50 basis with States which envisages an annual subsidy of Rs. 1000/- crores from the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation to be matched by an equal amount of long term loan from HUDCO to be availed against usual State Government Guarantee. The State Government has been given the option to obtain resources from any other source (ie. other than HUDCO) eg: budgetary support, own resources of Local Bodies, loan from other agencies etc. |
| 4• | A new National City Sanitation Project under the title of "Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan" is an integral sub component of Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY). |
| 5• | The implementation of Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) be dovetailed and synergised with other existing programs such as National Slum Development Programme (NSDP) and Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). The availability of drinking water, sanitatio n, and drainage facilities should be ensured under these programmes. On an average 25% of the funds under the Scheme will be spent for providing water and sanitation facilities including approximately 20% of the amount for community sanitation project- Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. |
| 6• | Selection of beneficiaries will be made by the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA)/ District of Urban Development Agency (DUDA) in consultation with the Local Authorities. Help of reputed NGOs may be enlisted for the purpose. |
| 7• | In selecting the beneficiaries the following reservation/percentage will be followed:. |
| • o SC/ST - Not less than 50 % |
| • o Backward Classes - 30% |
| • o Other weaker sections - 15% (OBC, BC. Etc.) |
| • o Physically and mentally disabled and handicapped persons and others - 5% |
| 8• | After identification of the beneficiaries, the latter must be provided title as a pre-condition for the loan or subsidy. This may be done by the State Government, Local Body either by regularization in-situ or by relocation. The title to the land should be in the name of the husband and wife jointly or preferably in the name of the wife. Till the repayment of the loan, if any, the house built with Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) - funds along with the land shall be mortgaged to the State Government/implementing agency. |
| 9• | No provision is made for Land acquisition in Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY). |
| 10• | No hard and fast type/design is prescribed for Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) dwelling units. However, the plinth area of a new house should be normally be not less than 15 sq. mts. |
| 11• | The upper financial limit for constructions of Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) units will be Rs 40,000/- with provision sanitary toilet also. However for cities with more than one million populations it will be Rs 50,000. In hilly and difficult areas this ceiling may be enhanced by 12.5%. |
| 12• | A portion say 20% of the funds may be used for the upgrading of existing dwelling units in slums. The upper limit for upgradation of an existing dwelling unit shall not be more than 50% of the ceiling specified for construction of a new house. |
| 13• | The norms for Town and Country planning of the State Government and the rules and bye-laws of the Local Bodies, should be kept in view while the implementation of the scheme. |
| II. Government are also pleased to nominate the State Poverty Eradication Mission (SUDA) which is the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in the State as the nodal agency for the implementation of the Scheme. Executive Director, State Poverty Eradication Mission will take immediate action to prepare detailed project proposal with respect to the implementation of the Scheme in the State. |
