Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Thursday distributed the first instalment of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to poor people for construction of houses.
Under PMAY scheme, the Centre provides an assistance of ₹1.5 lakh and the State government ₹50,000 to the beneficiaries for construction of houses.
Mr. Narayanasamy on Thursday distributed the first instalment of ₹70,000 to beneficiaries.
He told presspersons that 6,000 people would be entitled to get financial assistance by the end of next year.
The remaining instalments of ₹90,000 and ₹40,000 would be distributed as work progresses. The administration would consider increasing its share to ₹1.5 lakh to provide solace to the beneficiaries, he said.
The Chief Minister said stern action would be taken against money lenders.
Speaker V. Vaithilingam, Minister for Health Malladi Krishna Rao and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister K. Lakshminarayanan were present.
