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The Economic Survey for 2009-10 states that it has been proposed to double the target to 120 lakh, of the number of houses envisaged through the Indira Awaas Yojana in the next five year period starting from 2009-10. Under phase I of the rural housing component of Bharat Nirman, 60 lakh houses were envisaged through the Indira Awaas Yojana all over the country during the four years from 2005-06 to 2008-09. Against this target, 71.76 lakh houses were constructed with an expenditure of Rs.21,720.39 crore.
The allocation in 2009-10 for Bharat Nirman was stepped up by 45 per cent over 2008-09 (BE). Up to December 2009, a total length of about 2,50,554 km of roads has been completed under the PMGSY with a cumulative expenditure of Rs.59,800 crore.
The Survey states that as regards the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) budgetary support to the TSC increased to Rs.1200 crore in 2009-10 as compared to Rs.202 crore in 2003-04. Since 1999, over 6.01 crore toilets have been provided to rural households under the TSC. A significant achievement has also been the construction of 9.37 lakh school toilets and 2.95 lakh Anganwadi toilets. The TSC follows a community-led and people-centred approach. To encourage Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) to take up sanitation promotion, there is the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) incentive scheme under which an award is given to those PRIs that attain a 100 per cent open defecation-free environment.
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