Lucknow,

21 April (H.S.): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

announced a significant decision on Tuesday regarding the Chief Minister's

Housing Scheme - Rural Project. He stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

government is committed to improving the social life and standard of living of

all sections of society, including the helpless and destitute, without any

discrimination, and to integrating them into the mainstream of development.

In

this sequence, the Bhontia, Jaunsari, Raji, Gond and its synonyms Dhuria, Ojha,

Nayak, Pathari, Rajgond (in Uttar Pradesh districts of Maharajganj,

Siddharthnagar, Basti, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia,

Ghazipur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Chandauli, Kushinagar, Bhadohi and

Sant Kabir Nagar), Kharwar, Khairwar (in Deoria, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi and

Sonbhadra districts), Parahiya (in Sonbhadra district), Pankha, Panika (in

Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts), Agariya (in Sonbhadra district), Patari (in

Sonbhadra district) and Bhuniya (in Sonbhadra district) castes (Scheduled

Tribes) residing in the rural areas of the state have also been included in the

priority category of eligibility for the Chief Minister Housing Scheme-Gramin

in view of their social and economic status.

Maurya

stated that during his visits to various rural areas in the state, it came to

light that the above castes were not included in the eligibility list for the

Chief Minister's Housing Scheme-Rural. During field visits, some eligible

individuals from these castes requested housing allotment. The Deputy Chief

Minister took cognizance of this matter and, after thorough discussion, decided

to include the above castes in the priority category of the Chief Minister's Housing

Scheme-Rural by completing all formalities.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi