Central government is likely to extend CLSS benefit for MIG categories

NEW DELHI: The government of India is likely to extend the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for MIG categories as the deadline for CLSS had expired on March 31, 2021. In May 2020, the Finance Minister had announced the extension of the deadline for the affordable housing Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) till March 2021 for middle income families.

Amrit Abhijat, joint secretary and mission director, Housing for All, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), says, “The government is most likely to consider the extension of the CLSS benefit further as we have put in a requests based on our assessment from bankers and a large number beneficiaries which get benefit under the scheme.”

He said that the government is monitoring the policy diligently and ensuring the benefit of the scheme goes to the eligible beneficiaries.

“We have some cases where people have tried to tweak in but Aadhaar and biometric are very important to keep a track of all the discrepancies. In fact, we also have a strong MIS system in place for checking discrepancies,” said Abhijat.

Over 10.75 lakh houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Uttar Pradesh tops the chart with more than 2.55 lakh such units.

PMAY (U) is in its sixth year of implementation. So far, against the assessed demand of 112 lakh houses, the ministry has sanctioned 111 lakh houses; out of which, 73 lakh are grounded and over 43 lakh have been delivered.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs seeks to provide ‘pucca houses’ to all eligible beneficiaries of urban India by 2022 when the Nation will celebrate 75th Independence. With the vision of ‘Housing for All’, the emphasis has been to accelerate construction, completion and delivery of houses across the country within stipulated time under PMAY(U).