Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana – A Rural Housing Initiative in Odisha

The Odisha government launched Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana. This scheme provides a Pucca house to eligible individuals of Odisha. The scheme is put forward to enhance the living standard of the individuals living in a ‘Kuccha house’ and provide them with a Pucca house. The provided housing facilities will be almost free under the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojna. In this blog, we will walk you through the Biju Pakka Ghar online application procedure along with objectives, eligibility criteria, specifications and so on.

Overview of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Check out the below-mentioned tabulated data to get an overview of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana of Odisha Government:

The Objective of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

The Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana serves the objective to provide Pucca houses as an alternative for Kachha houses in Odisha’s rural areas. The scheme has the potential of enhancing the living standards of the underprivileged people of rural as well as urban Odisha.

Feature and Benefits of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Check out the below-mentioned information to get a better understanding of the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana:

• Under the Biju Pakka Ghar scheme, there will be no involvement of the contractor in the process of Pucca house construction.
• The house construction will be sanctioned by the women’s head of the family under the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana.
• According to the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana, 25 square metres is the minimum prescribed carpet area for constructing a house under this scheme.
• Under the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana, the reinforced cement concrete (RCC) structure will be used in the creation of the Pucca house.
• With the help of the direct benefit transfer method, the funds will be transferred directly to the beneficiary’s bank account.

Eligible Individual Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Check out the below-mentioned information to get a better understanding of the beneficiaries of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana:

• Vulnerable, underprivileged and deserving households.
• Those individuals whose houses sustained partial or full damage by man-made calamities or natural causes can claim for Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana.
• Those houses of the individuals whose houses sustained damage due to sea/river inundation.
• Beneficiaries of the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers act 2006.
• Individuals hit by any occupational disease can claim for the scheme.

Required Documents for Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Check out the below-mentioned information to get a better understanding of the required documents for the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana:

• Aadhaar card
• Passport-sized photograph
• Voters ID card
• Economically Weaker Section Certificate
• Below the Poverty Line Certificate
• Bonafide Certificate
• Residence Certificate

Specification of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Check out the below-mentioned information on the specification of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana’s Kuccha and Pucca house:

Pucca House: The life expectancy of the Pucca house must be more than three-decade (30 years). Such houses must have a foundation, walls and a roof. Wall material must include stones, burnt bricks, timber, concrete or bricks. Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC), RBC, cement sheets, GCI sheets or other permanent materials such as tiles should be used.

Kuccha House: Those houses that are created by the use of non-durable materials such as unburnt brick, mud, stones, reeds, grass and so on.

Login Procedure of the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Follow the below-mentioned steps to know the login procedure of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana:

Step 1: Visit the official portal of rural housing of Odisha and the homepage will appear.

Step 2: Search for the login option and click on the same.

Step 3: You will be redirected to another page with a few required fields to be filled such as username, passport and security code.

Step 4: Now, login to the portal by providing your credentials.

Procedure to Check the List of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana

Follow the below steps to check the beneficiaries list under the Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana 2022:

Step 1: Visit the official portal of Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana.

Step 2: Search the beneficiary list and click on the same.

Step 3: Now, you will see four options to choose from.

Step 4: Choose the option according to your preference.

Step 5: Now, fill out the required information under your preferred option.

Step 6: After following these steps, the complete list of beneficiaries will appear on the screen.

Step 7: Take a screenshot or print it out for future reference.

To Sum Up

The Biju Pakka Ghar Yojana is a government-provided scheme in an attempt to facilitate the individual who falls in the EWS and BPL categories. Such individuals who are living in a Kuccha house will be provided with a Pakka house with an RCC structure. Furthermore, those individuals who are underprivileged, vulnerable or have sustained critical damage in their houses by natural causes or man-made calamities are eligible for this scheme.

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