Nirman Shramik Pucca Ghar Yojana
Category: Housing & Shelter, Social welfare & Empowerment
Level: State | State: Odisha

Details:
Labour and ESI Department, Government of Odisha has introduced a scheme &quot;**Nirman Shramik Pucca Ghar Yojana (NSPGY)**&quot; to meet the housing needs of the building and other construction workers in rural areas, registered under the Odisha Building &amp; Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (OB&amp;OCWWB), who play a pivotal role in the construction of individual and community assets and do not have their own pucca house.
**Objective:**

   1. The scheme&#39;s objective is to provide pucca houses to Building workers &amp; other construction workers in rural areas registered under the Odisha Building Workers&#39; Welfare Board. 
   1. A pucca house means that it should be able to withstand normal wear and tear due to usage and natural forces including climatic conditions.

**Key Features:**

   1. NSPGY is a scheme purely funded by the OB&amp;OCVVWB with an annual budgetary outlay to be decided by the Board for each financial year, which is subject to revision from time to time.
   1. The dwelling unit under NSPGY will be sanctioned preferably in the name of the woman head of the household.
   1. No contractor shall be involved in the construction of houses under NSPGY.
   1. The fund under the scheme shall be credited to the beneficiary&#39;s account from the bank account maintained at the state level by PR &amp; DW Department through Public Financial Management System (PFMS). No other form of payment to the beneficiaries will be made under the scheme.
   1. The minimum carpet area of the house should be 25 square meters including a hygienic cooking space and excluding toilet. The roof material will mandatorily be of RCC or any other material of equivalent strength approved by PR&amp;DW Department. Innovation in housing typologies, design, building materials, and construction should be encouraged.

**Timelines:**

   1. The houses under this scheme will be ordinarily completed within 12 months from the credit of 1st installment in her/his account. 
   1. Beneficiaries constructing a bigger house must be advised to first complete the core house with a carpet area of at least 25 square meters and go for extension subsequently.

**Note:**

   1. Any beneficiary allotted with a house under this scheme whose house has fully collapsed/washed away/fully damaged due to landslide/elephant menace/earthquake/flood/fire accident or cyclone, will be eligible to get another house under this scheme.
   1. The funds for this scheme will be released by the OB&amp;OCWW Board and the execution/implementation of the scheme will be carried out by the Panchayati Raj &amp; Drinking Water Department.

Benefits:
The unit cost under NSPGY for new construction of dwelling houses is ₹1,20,000/- for Non-IAP districts and ₹1,30,000/- for IAP districts.
The beneficiary of NSPGY will get a wage component for 90 person days and 95 person days in Non-IAP and IAP districts respectively under MGNREGS, which can be revised by the government from time to time.
The beneficiary of NSPGY will avail ₹12,000 for IHHL under MGNREGS/SBM(G).
In addition, the beneficiaries are entitled to convergence for potable drinking water supply system, electrification under “Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDU GJY)/BGJY”, wages for land development under MGNREGS, social security under AABY/RSBY, etc. as per extant guidelines.
The beneficiary will avail of incentives for early completion of the house as follows:-
For completion of the house and IHHL within 4 months of receipt of 1st installment, an incentive of ₹  20,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary.
For completion of the house and IHHL within 6 months of receipt of 1st installment, an incentive of ₹10,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary. Govt. may revise the incentive amount from time to time.
The amount/unit cost will be released in Instalments and will be linked to the level of construction reached. At present, the release of installments will be as follows:
Installment
Level
IAP (Amount in Rupees)
Non-IAP (Amount in Rupees)
1st Installment
On issuance of a work order
20000
20000
2nd Installment
On completion of the plinth
35000
30000
3rd Installment
On completion of up to roof level
45000
40000
4th Installment
After completion of the house in all respects including the sanitary latrine and beneficiary starts living in the house.
30000
30000

Total
1,30,000
1,20,000
Note:
The amount/unit cost can be revised by the State Government from time to time at par with “Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (BPGY)”.
The unit assistance for the construction of IHHL can be revised by the Government from time to time.

Eligibility Criteria:
1. The applicant should be a permanent resident of Odisha.
   1. The applicant should not have a pucca house.
   1. The applicant must be engaged as a &#39;building worker&#39; in building or other construction work as defined U/s. 2(1)(d) of the Building &amp; Other Construction Workers&#39; (RE&amp;CS) Act, 1996 and Notification No.5654 dated 27.06.2009 and No.5985 dated 28.07.2014 of the Labour &amp; ESI Deptt., Govt. of Odisha for not less than 90 days during the preceding 12 months.
   1. The applicant should not be engaged in any building or other construction work to which the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, or the Mines Act, 1952 apply.
   1. The applicant should be completed 18 years of age, but not completed 60 years of age.
   1. The applicant should not be a member of any other Welfare Fund established under any law.
   1. The construction worker should not enroll in any other district of Odisha or any other State of the country as a beneficiary in any Welfare Board.
   1. The applicant must be registered with the Odisha Building &amp; Other Construction Workers&#39; Welfare Board under the Building and Other Construction Workers (RE&amp;CS) Act.