Things To Know About Haryana's Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana

The Haryana state government, which approved the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana in February, notified the scheme recently. With the main aim of providing 'Housing for All', the scheme will create affordable housing in low- and medium-potential towns of the state.

Under the public-private partnership model, this scheme could prove useful in utilising the strengths of both the government and the private sector. Under this scheme, the state plans to promote high-density plotted colonies across Haryana through a liberalised policy framework. It has also been made mandatory that all the projects be completed within a period of seven years from the date the licence is granted.

A look at the key features of the scheme:

Only up to 30 per cent of a city's total planned residential area would be offered for project developments under this category. The maximum plot area under this scheme has been determined at 150 square metres (sq m) . These plots can have a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of two, and total ground coverage cannot exceed 65 per cent. 

A project could be developed on an area ranging 5 to 15 acres. 

The area under roads cannot exceed 10 per cent of the total licensed area. The developer is also required to transfer 10 per cent of the licensed colony area to the government free of cost so that community facilities may be provided by the government over that area. 

Developers could also register independent floors on plots, along with stilt parking. They could allot up to 50 per cent of the area; the remaining 50 per cent would remain with the government but they can continue development work on it. Of this, 15 per cent of the area would be mortgaged for internal development works. 

The developer has been given the option of depositing the cost of internal development works with the municipality concerned at mutually decided rates. The developer may also mortgage residential plots covering not less than 15 per cent of the total saleable area as security with the authority. This will act as a security against any future delinquency. The licence fee has been set at Rs 10,000 per acre for low-potential towns and Rs 1 lakh per acre for medium-potential towns. 

Under the scheme, the conversion charges and infrastructure development charges (IDC) have been waived and the external development charges (EDC) and the licence fee have been reduced substantially. Developers have also been given the option of either mortgaging 15 per cent of the saleable area or providing bank guarantee to the same tune for internal development works. 

Applications under this policy can be submitted within 90 days from the date of notification of the scheme. In case the total number of applications received in a particular area exceeds the total area that has been permitted under the policy, all the applicants who fulfil the eligibility criteria will be considered for granting a minimum area of five acres. If the total number of applicants is less than the total area permitted, each applicant will be considered for grant of licence, subject to the minimum and maximum area norm. The Director-General, Town and Country Planning, has been given the authority to increase the total permitted area by up to 40 per cent. 

Developers will be given a letter of intent or rejection on their application within six months of applying. The applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis till all demarcated area under the policy has been allotted.