Govt allots 5 marla land for housing to 498 beneficiaries in JK, 442 under consideration: RDD Minister

Jammu, Mar 8: Minister for Rural Development Department, Javed Ahmad Dar, Saturday said that about 498 beneficiaries have been allotted 5 marla land each for Housing under Awaas Plus category of PMAY-G, while 442 cases are under consideration of the Revenue authorities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister was replying to a question raised by M. Y. Tarigami in the Legislative Assembly.
He said that, similarly, eight beneficiaries have been allotted five marla land for construction of houses under the scheme.
He informed that the families having no land of its own are being provided 05 Marla of land for construction of residential houses under PMAY. The land is being provided subject to verification by the Revenue Department.
The Minister apprised that the extended families of the landless background are likely to be considered for allotment of land subject to eligibility and guidelines of the scheme being issued from time to time. He said that the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, is under implementation in J&K and the compensation is determined as per the provisions contained in section 27 and sub section (2) of section 30 of the said Act.
He said that the compensation provided to land provider in urban areas is double than the market rate while it is four fold in rural areas.
Legislators; G. A Mir, Shakti Raj Parihar, Balwant Singh Mankotia, Rajiv Jasrotia, Chowdhary Mohammad Akram and Mehraj Malik raised supplementaries.