CHANDIGARH: Union minister of state for panchayati raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil has ordered immediate release of Rs 35.28 crore to Punjab for building 10,654 new houses and to complete 7,293 under construction houses under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana’.
The Punjab government will also have to put its share of Rs 25.52 crore into the scheme.
Punjab rural development and panchayats minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal had on Monday urged Patil for the release of funds under the scheme which were pending for a long time with the Union panchayati raj ministry. Patil had visited Punjab on Monday to attend the inaugural function of a two-day national workshop on ‘Localization of Sustainable Development Goals’ in panchayats.
Dhaliwal had also informed the Union minister that the funds of many central-sponsored schemes related to rural development had been withheld by the Centre.
Dhaliwal hoped that the Union government would soon release pending funds under Nrega and other schemes so that the overall development of the villages could be accelerated.
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