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Kalaignar Kanavu Illam housing scheme

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A rural housing scheme announced in the 2024-25 budget aimed to build eight lakh concrete houses and make Tamil Nadu hut-free by 2030.

The Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Thittam (Kalaignar's dream housing scheme) was announced in the 2024-25 state budget with the goal of building eight lakh concrete houses in rural areas by 2030. One lakh houses were funded in the first year at a cost of Rs. 3,100 crore. Each house receives unit cost assistance of Rs. 3.5 lakh and must have a plinth area of at least 360 sq ft with an RCC roof over most of it. Thatched, asbestos and mud roofs are not allowed under the scheme.

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