Chhattisgarh Awarded at Indian Urban Housing Conclave

• 21 Oct 2022

Why In News?

• The state of Chhattisgarh has received two awards under the 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Award 2021' at the Indian Urban Housing Conclave organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India in Rajkot, Gujarat on October 20, 2022.

Key Point

• Under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, the work being done towards building a New Chhattisgarh and continuous development in every field including education, health, nutrition, agriculture and farmers welfare, infrastructure, the state has once again won two awards under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Award 2021, waving its flag in the country.
• Chhattisgarh has received this award in the best community oriented projects and best performing nagar panchayat category.
• It is worth mentioning that on the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, 'Mor Zameen-Mor Makaan' scheme was started in Chhattisgarh, which was linked to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the families suffering from leprosy living in Asha Nagar of Nagar Palika Nigam Rajnandgaon were given all-equipped pucca houses to 61 families in convergence with other 19 central and state-promoted schemes. This improved their lifestyle.
• Similarly, in Nagar Panchayat Gandai and Antagarh, special category beneficiaries were also provided pucca houses with all facilities and efforts were made to improve their lifestyle.
• Appreciating these efforts for social upliftment in Chhattisgarh, the state of Chhattisgarh has been awarded the award for outstanding performance in the category of 'Best Community Oriented Projects' for social upliftment projects.
• Apart from this, Nagar Panchayat Patan has got the third place in the 'Best Performing Nagar Panchayat' category all over India. This award has been given for excellent work like providing housing to the beneficiaries and making attractive houses by completing a large number of houses against the sanctioned houses under the 'Mor Zamin-Mor Makaan' scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
• It is noteworthy that Chhattisgarh has been given many awards in the last four and a half years by the Government of India for better implementation of various schemes and public welfare policies in the state.