CURRENT AFFAIRS

2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) renamed as _________ by Government
A
PREY
B
PMRY
C
PSVY
D
PMAY
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Indira Awas Yojana” (IAY) was launched by Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India in 1985 and was restructured as “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana” (PMGAY) in 2015.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aim of Indira Awaas Yojana is to provide financial assistance to the rural. houseless poor families and those living in dilapidated and kutcha houses living Below the Poverty Line (BPL) for construction of house and also to provide house sites to the landless poor as well.

Detailed explanation-3: -Visit the official website of PM Awas Yojana-Gramin (https://pmaymis.gov.in/) Select the ‘Stakeholders’ option from the Menu. Click on ‘Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)/PMAYG Beneficiary’

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin was introduced with the view to boost the “Housing for All” scheme by the year 2022. The main aim of the PMAY-G scheme is to provide pakka house with some of the basic amenities.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) and continued as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989.

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