India, March 30 -- The Odisha Government has rolled out the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana (AGY), a transformative housing scheme aimed at ensuring that every rural family in the state has access to a pucca house. Targeting houseless families and those living in kutcha houses, the scheme provides financial assistance to construct pucca houses.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the scheme at an event held in Bhawanipatna on March 30. On the inaugural day, work orders for 60,000 houses were issued under the scheme. The government aims to construct over 5 lakh houses within the next three years. For the current year, a budget of Rs 2,600 crore has been allocated, with an overall investment of Rs 7,550 crore planned over the next th...