DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i03.033

Pages: 720-728

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is a rural housing scheme meant for providing dwelling units free of cost to the rural poor. The scheme is meant to provide assistance for construction of dwelling units to members of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Freed Bonded Labourers (FBLs) and Non- Scheduled Castes (NSCs), Non - Scheduled Tribes (NSTs) living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the rural areas. The beneficiaries under the scheme are not only provided houses but also the houses are sanctioned along with the basic facilities like drinking water, sanitary latrines and fuel efficient chullahs. This scheme also envisages provision of house-sites to the landless people so that they could also come under the ambit of IAY Scheme. IAY is 100 percent subsidized sponsored scheme with the resources being shared on 75:25 percent basis between Centre and State respectively. The study aims to highlight the concept, nature, objectives and role of Indira Awas Yojana in India and to trace its extent, strategy and to locate various gaps in its strategy and implementation.