Completion of 10 lakhs house by State Govt. is false and fabricated

Completion of 10 lakhs house under Rural Housing Scheme by State Govt. is false and fabricated, exposed through RTI

In the month of May, 2016,   while addressing the press, Sri Arun Sahu, Minister of State for Panahayat Raj and Law said that the State Govt.  has completed  a record number of 10 lakh houses  under Rural Housing Scheme i.e.,  Biju Pucca Ghara Yojana  within two years ( from 2014 to 2016) giving a big credit to State Govt. The Hon’ble Minister also declared that the effort of the State Govt. to provide   such a huge quantity of house to rural poor has been highly appreciated at national level.  After the declaration and news published in  print and electronic media, RTI Application  was submitted to the PIO, office of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Odisha  on 19.5.16 seeking  the following information

A.   Details of allocation of fund  made for construction of houses under various Rural Housing Scheme in the state ( year-wise).

B.   Details of allocation of fund to different districts  and fund utilised  by each district under Rural Housing Scheme.

C.     Photocopy of the information  following  which  the state  Govt.  has declared  about completion of 10 lakhs houses  under  Rural Housing Scheme within two years.

D.   Proof of Document  about the effort of the State Govt. to provide   such a huge quantity of house to rural poor has been highly appreciated at national level.

E.    Total no. of   houses completed under Rural Housing Schemes within last two years (district-wise).

F.    Total no. of   houses completed under Biju Pucca Ghara Yojana (BPGY) within last two years (district-wise).

The information provided by the PIO is as follows.

1.      Allocation of fund  under Rural Housing Scheme  during the year of 2014-15 and 2015-16  is as follows.

Sl.No	Financial year	I.A.Y.	BPGY
1	2014-15	1169.24 Crores	330.10 crores
2	2015-16	1875.66 crores	700.00 crores

Comments: While the Central Govt.  has allocated  Rs. 3044.90 crores within two years, the State Govt. has allocated just 1030. 10 crores which is  just 30 % of the central allocation. 

2.      Statement showing the latest UC position as on 20.7.2016.

Name of the sheme: - Mokudia/ Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana

Sl.No.	Financial year	GIA Sanctioned ( Rs. In lakhs)	UC submitted to AG, Odisha ( in Rs. Lakh)
1	2	3	4
1	2014-15	33010.52	20184.89
2	2015-16	70000.00
	Total	103010.52	20184.89

Comments: when  there is  utilisation of Rs. 201 crore against allocation of 1030.10 crores, how the State Govt. could draw   the conclusion  that  10 lakh houses  has been completed. 

3.      With regard to completion of 10 lakh houses,  the PIO has asked to visit  portal  www.rhodisha.gov.in.   and awaasSoft ( iay.nic.in) to get the complete information about details of house constructed  under these schemes.

Comments:  While  browsing the website  it  was  found  that  no information is available  about it.  The website is blank.  The information was sought in card copy. Why the PIO has written to visit website. Because, the declaration made by Minister, Panhayat Raj is false.  

4.      No information about  “the effort of the State Govt. to provide   such a huge quantity of house to rural poor has been highly appreciated at national level” is not available. It   was just self-declaration by  the Minister because this declaration  is not based on fact. It was  false  and fabricated.

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date- 13.12.16

( N.B.- Card of the information  is available  with me and to be provided on request)