Odisha’s Pucca Ghar Yojana (Mining): Eligibility, process, purpose explained

The Odisha government’s Pucca Ghar Yojana (Mining) is aimed at providing permanent homes to eligible households living in kutcha houses in areas affected by mining activities. The scheme seeks to convert all eligible kutcha houses in the identified mining-affected blocks into pucca homes.The scheme covers 36 blocks across nine mineral-bearing districts - Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada and Sundargarh.The government plans to cover eligible kutcha households in these areas on a saturation basis, meaning the objective is to cover all households that meet the scheme's eligibility conditions.Who is eligible?The scheme is meant for households living in kutcha houses in the identified mining-affected blocks.