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Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana

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The Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana is a significant initiative categorized under Social Welfare & Empowerment. It is designed to provide targeted assistance to eligible beneficiaries, helping them achieve better outcomes in social welfare & empowerment.

Complexity Medium
Popularity High
Verification Jan 2026

📝 Overview & Benefits

Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (Normal):

  1. Incentive to the beneficiaries, officials, & CBOs/NGOs involved in the implementation of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin), or any other State-funded Rural Housing Schemes for early completion of houses.

For completion of the house and IHHL within 4 months of receipt of the 1" instalment, the incentive of ₹ 20,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary.

For completion of the house and IHHL within 6 months of receipt of the 1" instalment, the incentive of ₹ 10,000/- will be paid to the beneficiary.

The incentive amount is subject to revision by the government from time to time.

  1. Award for Excellence in rural housing to State/District/Block teams and officers/officials involved in implementation. The eligibility, type, category of the awards and other modalities shall be decided by the Department from time to time.
  2. The expenditure required for conducting the Award distribution ceremonies at various levels.
  3. Preparation of IEC material.
  4. Imparting habitat and housing literacy to beneficiaries.
  5. Payment of honorarium/incentives to SHGs, CRPs, & CBOs for facilitating the construction of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana Houses.
  6. Training of officials.
  7. Cost of the engraved logo of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana to be installed by the beneficiaries.
  8. Others, with approval of PR & DW departments.
  9. These amounts can be paid through RTGS/NEFT/other electronic modes of payment.



Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana (Special): The unit cost under Biju Pucca Ghar (Special) for the construction of a new Pucca house is ₹ 1,20,000/- for non-IAP districts and ₹ 1,30,000/- for IAP districts. This can be revised by the P.R. and D.W. Department from time to time.



Release of Installments:

The number and amounts of installments may be revised by the Government from time to time. At present, the release of instalments will be as follows:



Instalments Level Amount (IAP District)

Amount (Non-IAP District)

1st Instalment On the date of issuance of the work order ₹ 20,000/- ₹ 20,000/-

2nd Instalment On completion of the plinth ₹ 35,000/- ₹ 30,000/-

3rd Instalment On completion of up to roof level ₹ 45,000/- ₹ 40,000/-

4th Instalment After completion of the house in all respects, including the sanitary latrine and beneficiary starts living in the house ₹ 30,000/- ₹ 30,000/-



Total ₹ 1,30,000/- ₹ 1,20,000/-



For issuance of a work order, geo-tagged photographs of the beneficiary with her/his Kutcha house and geo-tagged photographs of the beneficiary with the proposed site of construction should be collected.

All photographs for inspection of houses should be taken and uploaded using AwaasApp developed by Gol or any other such App developed by the State Government.

The photograph of the beneficiary, her/his Aadhaar UID/ EID, and mobile number should be kept in the case record and uploaded in AwaasSoft. In case the beneficiary does not have a mobile connection/Phone, her/his family/relative/friend’s mobile number provided by the beneficiary should be recorded.

The 2%, 3 & 4" instalments will be credited to the beneficiary account by the BDO within a week of receipt of the report of the eye estimation, spot verification and Geo-tagged photographic evidence of the stage of construction by the official tagged with the beneficiary concerned.

The beneficiary will fix the engraved logo of Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana on the front wall of the house indicating the name of the beneficiaries, year of sanction unit cost etc. after which the 4" instalment will be released.

Funds will be credited to the beneficiary account through Direct Account Transfer using the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility

The applicant must be a permanent resident of Odisha state.

An application must belong to an economically weaker section.

The applicant must be living in a kutcha house.

The application should not own any pucca house in the state.

Beneficiary allotted a house under any Scheme whose house was washed away/ fully damaged/has fully collapsed due to landslide/elephant menace/earthquake/flood or cyclone will also get a house under the Scheme.



The Scheme is applicable to 36 Blocks of 9 mining-affected districts as mentioned below.



S No District Block

1 Angul Athamalik

2 Angul Banarpal

3 Angul Chhendipada

4 Angul Kaniha

5 Angul Kishorenagar

6 Angul Talcher

7 Dhenkanal Kankadahad

8 Jajpur Sukinda

9 Jharsuguda Jharsuguda

10 Jharsuguda Lakhanpur

11 Keonjhar Bansapal

12 Keonjhar Champua

13 Keonjhar Harichandanpur

14 Keonjhar Hatadihi

15 Keonjhar Jhumpura

16 Keonjhar Joda

17 Keonjhar Keonjhar Sadar

18 Koraput Dasamantpur

19 Koraput Koraput

20 Koraput Pottangi

21 Koraput Laxmipur

22 Koraput Narayanpatna

23 Koraput Semiliguda

24 Mayurbhanj Joshipur

25 Mayurbhanj Kusumi

26 Mayurbhanj Rairangpur

27 Mayurbhanj Tiring

28 Rayagada Kashipur

29 Sundergarh Gurundia

30 Sundergarh Hemgiri

31 Sundergarh Koira

32 Sundergarh Kauramunda

33 Sundergarh Kutra

34 Sundergarh Lahunipara

35 Sundergarh Nuagoan

36 Sundergarh Rajgangpur



All kutcha households in mining-affected Blocks as mentioned above will be assisted for the construction of Pucca houses on saturation mode except for the households belonging to the following categories :



HH, who has been sanctioned house earlier under any of the RH Schemes.

HH, who lives in Pucca house.

🚀 Application Process

Online

Offline



Step 1: Visit the official website of Rural Housing Odisha.

Step 2: Click on "Registration" and complete all required details in the Beneficiary Registration Form. Receive an OTP by entering your mobile number.

Step 3: Submit the form after filling it out.

Step 4: Check for announcements or notifications regarding the beneficiary list.



Selection Process :

  1. District-wise wise Physical target for a financial year will be fixed by the P.R. and D. W. Department.
  2. The selection of beneficiaries for Biju Pucca Ghar (special) will be done by a District Level Committee (DLC) consisting of the following members:

i. District Collector - Chairman

ii. Hon'ble MPs (Lok Sabha) of District - Member

iii. Hon'ble MLAs of the District - Member

iv. President Zilla Parishad - Member

v. PD, DRDA-cum-EO, ZP - Member Convener

  1. The District Level Committee will approve the list, after which it will be communicated to the BDOs by the District Collector.
  2. In case the District Level Committee fails to approve the list within the timeline fixed by the Collector, the District Collector will approve the list available to him and communicate to the BDOs.
  3. The final list will be published at the concerned Gram Panchayat/Block headquarters and will also be made available on the DRDA Website and State Rural Housing portal for information of the public.

📄 Documents Required

List of required documents

Aadhaar Card

Bonafide certificate

Voter ID card

Residence certificate

Address Proof

Identification Proof

BPL Certificate

EWS Certificate

Passport size photograph

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Before applying for Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana, ensure you have your Aadhar card and bank details ready. Most rejections happen due to mismatched documents.

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