Funds may be increased for construction of houses in Goa, Real Estate News, ET Real Estate

Porvorim: Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Desai Said on Tuesday that the state government will look into increasing the amount under this Atal Aasra YojanaFinancial assistance for building a new house.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Said that the government will make all efforts to make this scheme available and increase the budget allocation.

“We will come up with a solution regarding obtaining zoning certificate from the town and country planning department to avail the benefits of the scheme. The state government will exempt legal houses from the requirement of zoning certificate,” he said.

Phal Desai said that the budgetary allocation for the scheme is Rs 1 crore and the department has received 969 applications.

“Since 71 applications have been approved and 900 applications are still pending, we will seek additional amount under supplementary demand to clear the pendency,” he said.

Mayem MLA Premendra Shet, in his calling attention motion, asked whether the government intends to increase the existing assistance under the scheme, stating that at present the maximum assistance for construction of new houses is Rs 3 lakh and for repair of existing houses Rs. For up to Rs. 1.5 lakhs.

He also said that the process to avail the benefits of the scheme is very long and requires a lot of documents, and asked whether the government intends to simplify the process. “The requirement of documents should be waived off,” Shet said.

Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao said block development officers should be empowered to simplify the process.

Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardesai said that Rs 20 crore has been allocated for this scheme, but only Rs 11 crore has been spent.