
Raise in housing grant for SC/STs to be sought
The Hindu
Mangaluru City Corporation will write to the government urging it to increase grant given for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community for constructing houses, from ₹3 lakh to ₹7 lakh under 24.
Mangaluru City Corporation will write to the government urging it to increase grant given for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community for constructing houses, from ₹3 lakh to ₹7 lakh under 24.10 % scheme, according to corporation Commissioner Akshy Sridhar.
The government will also be requested to get Cabinet approval for the proposal.
As prices of raw material required for building houses have shot up, the community people are facing difficulty in building houses. The matter was discussed at a meeting Deputy Mayor Sumangala Rao and the corporation Commissioner had with the leaders of the community in the corporation here on Tuesday, Mr. Sridhar said in a release.