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Housing

 

The scheme aims to complete the construction of all houses taken up in previous years by the ST department before the inception of LIFE Mission and repair of dilapidated houses. The scheme has the following components.

  • I. Completion of incomplete houses

Assistance/remaining installments for completion of the houses sanctioned in previous years (which are not included in LIFE Mission) will be met from this scheme.

  • II. SAFE (Secure Accommodation and Facility Enhancement programme)& House repair/renovation

Educational Schemes

The SAFE scheme is implemented to renovate the dilapirated houses and to complete the construction of unfinished houses.
The houses completed after April 1, 2006, but not have received government financial assistance for renovation or completion after April 1, 2018 and having family income of less than ₹ 2.50 lakh, are selected as the beneficiaries of the SAFE scheme as per the Government Order. Based on the estimate, the amount sanctioned will be at the rate of ₹ 2.50 lakh per house. Priority will be given to flood affected families, families identified under ‘Extreme Poverty Survey-2021-22’ and families identified in E- survey for Micro Plan Preparation. Gothrajeevika Self-help groups of tribals engaged in construction activities shall be given preference in house repair and renovation. Based on gender disaggregated data 25 per cent fund will be going to women beneficiaries

 

LIFE (Livelihood, Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) Mission is one among the four Development Missions announced by the Government of Kerala under Nava Keralam Karma Padhathi (NKKP). It aims at providing safe housing to the homeless in the State and is implemented by the Local Governments using their Plan grant as well as Plan support from State Government and the assistance from Kerala Urban & Rural Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (KURDFC) by availing loan from Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO).
The outlay provided under this scheme is for giving the state share for the construction of individual houses and for meeting the costs of construction of flats/housing complexes/housing clusters for the ST beneficiaries. LIFE Mission shall ensure that the funds provided under this scheme are utilized for the ST beneficiaries only. Gothrajeevika Self Help Groups engaged in construction activities among tribes shall be given preference in construction of new houses. Ninety per cent of the beneficiaries of the scheme will be women.