Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)

iAbout This Scheme

Announced in June 2009 and formally launched in 2011, Rajiv Awas Yojana was India's first scheme explicitly aimed at creating a 'Slum Free India' by providing property rights to slum dwellers and upgrading slum areas in towns with population below 1 lakh. RAY had an experimental phase (2011-2013) and a full implementation phase (2013-2022) but was merged into the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana — Urban (PMAY-U) when that was launched in June 2015.

🎁Key Benefits

• Property rights to eligible slum dwellers
• Slum upgradation including basic services (water, sanitation, roads)
• Construction of new affordable housing in slums
• Community hall and childcare centres in slum areas

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Scheme discontinued — merged into PMAY-U 2015
• 2
  Originally: Slum dwellers in participating ULBs

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions