The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has commissioned a study on testing of new construction technologies for popularizing them. The main objective is promoting new housing technologies in India. The Ministry has approved a proposal made by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and agreed to support the study with financial assistance of Rs.31.34 lakhs. The Ministry’s initiative comes in the context of implementation of Housing for All Mission launched in June this year under which 2 crore new houses are to be built in urban areas for Economically Weaker Sections and Low Income Groups.
Currently, there are no Indian Standards and Code of Practice available in the country for most of the new technologies developed indigenously and sources from other countries. The Ministry felt the need for putting in placing such a Testing Protocol so that such technologies after due testing could be promoted among the public for use.
IIT, Kanpur will come out with a Protocol for testing of such new technologies at component level and construction system as a whole (complete housing unit) to enhance their acceptance to users. State-of-the art testing methods will be recommended to evaluate the intended performance of the structural and non-structural components of new technologies.
This study is supported under Technology Sub-Mission of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) which facilitates adoption of modern, innovative and green technologies and building materials for faster and quality construction of houses.
Did You Know?
- The PM Awas Yojna aims to provide affordable homes to about 20 million families within next 7 years i.e. from 2015 to 2022.
- Under the PM Awas Yojna scheme, the allotment of homes will be done on the name of the female head of the household or in the joint name of women and his husband.
- The differently-abled and older persons of the society will be given preference in the allotment of ground floors under the PM Awas Yojana Scheme.
