Accommodation facilities to Officers

Accommodation facilities to Officers

Government has sanctioned construction of 1,76,065 Dwelling Units (DUs) for the Married Army officers / soldiers.  Apart from construction of DUs, hiring of houses is also undertaken for Defence personnel to meet the deficiency of housing.  In addition, Service personnel are authorized to House Rent Allowance (HRA) / Compensation in Lieu of Quarter (CILQ) / Family Accommodation Allowance (FAA).

Married Accommodation Project was approved in 2002 for providing approximately 2 lakh Dwelling Units (DUs) to serving defence personnel.  Under this project DUs with improved specifications are being constructed.  Besides, under Annual Major Works Programme (AMWP) residential accommodation projects are undertaken as per special needs from time to time.

 

47383 DUs of Phase-I completed.  Out of 58250 DUs meant for Phase-II, 27268 DUs constructed & balance 30982 DUs are under construction.  70432 DUs are planned for Phase-III projects.

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Kunwar  Pushpendra  Singh  Chandel in Lok Sabha today.

 

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