Beneficiary-led Individual house Construction / Enhancements (BLC)

Beneficiary-led Individual house Construction / Enhancements (BLC):

Under this vertical, Central Assistance of Rs.1.5 lakh and State Assistance of Rs. 0.5 lakh per house is available to individual eligible families belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) categories to either construct new houses or enhance existing houses on their own. If the beneficiary has a pucca house with carpet area of up to 21 sq. mt. area or a semi-pucca house, lacking in one of the facilities- i.e. room, kitchen, toilet, bath or a combination of these, may be taken up under BLC-Enhancement subject to ULB/State ensuring structural safety of the house and adherence to following conditions:

• The total carpet area after enhancement must not be less than 21 m2 and must not be more than 30 m2.

 • Enhancement shall mean addition of minimum carpet area of 9 m2 to the existing house with pucca construction of at least one habitable room or room with kitchen and/or bathroom and/or toilet conforming to NBC norms.

Progress of the houses under various stages of construction can be tracked through geo-tagged photographs of the houses.