The Rural Housing Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) was launched by the Prime Minister of India on November 20, 2016 at Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
- To commemorate the launch of PMAY-G, which aims to provide “Housing for All” by 2022, it was decided to celebrate November 20 every year as “Awaas Diwas”.
- This year, the States/ UTs were requested to celebrate Awaas Diwas on 20th November 2020 and Awaas Week / Saptah (16th November 2020 to 22nd November 2020) .
- They were requested to undertake various activities at different levels of the administration i.e. State, District, Block, Gram Panchayat complying to the directions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family welfare considering the prevalent conditions owing to COVID19.
Activities to be taken up during the celebration of Awaas Diwas/ Awaas Week include
- Sensitization of beneficiaries about PMAY-G
- Organizing visits of the beneficiaries to the sites with demonstration houses.
- Organizing interaction of PMAY-G beneficiaries with local bankers to facilitate a loan to beneficiaries of PMAY-G.
- Organizing Bhoomi Pujan, Grih Pravesh, etc.
- Any other activities as it deems appropriate during the Awaas Diwas/ Awaas week celebrations.
