G.O.(Ms.) No.26, Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme, 2026
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department issued G.O.(Ms.) No.26 on 5 February 2026, granting administrative sanction of Rs.3,500 crore to construct one lakh additional rural houses under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme for 2025-26. The government also granted an immediate financial sanction of Rs.500 crore and issued eligibility guidelines that generally require a patta, ownership document or recognised legal heirship for the house site.
What the government approved
G.O.(Ms.) No.26 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department approves one lakh additional houses under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme for 2025-26. The scheme supports the replacement of huts with safe, permanent concrete houses in rural Tamil Nadu.
Key financial provisions are:
- Administrative sanction of Rs.3,500 crore for one lakh houses.
- A unit cost of Rs.3.50 lakh for each house.
- Funding comprising Rs.1,000 crore from SCPAR, Rs.1,000 crore from Panchayat Raj Institution devolution grants and Rs.1,500 crore from the State Grant.
- Immediate financial sanction of Rs.500 crore.
- An Individual Household Latrine costing Rs.12,000 under Swachh Bharat Mission, Gramin, where the beneficiary has not already received that benefit.
Eligibility and land documents
The Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme guidelines make land status important when deciding eligibility.
- Households continuing to live in huts and found eligible under the Kalaignar Veedu Vazhangum Thittam resurvey receive priority.
- Where that survey has few or no eligible households, the New Hut Survey and Housing for All survey databases may be used.
- A household must generally have a patta or ownership document for its house site.
- Construction may take place at the existing site or on other land for which the household has a patta or ownership document.
- A legal heir living in an inherited hut or house site may be considered.
- A household without patta may be considered only after a house site patta is provided.
- A hut on poramboke land cannot be replaced unless the land is unobjectionable and the Revenue Department regularises the encroachment.
Priority households and structures
The Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme gives top priority to eligible huts with thatched roofs. Other structures covered with tarpaulin, asbestos, metal sheets or tiles may be considered after eligible huts are exhausted.
Priority may also be given to eligible houseless people identified under the Muthalamaicharin Thayumanavar survey, eligible Thooimai Paniyalar and Thooimai Kavalar living in kutcha houses, construction workers in Village Panchayats, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups left out of PM-JANMAN, Scheduled Tribes and Nomads.
A hut with stable walls may receive permanent roofing instead of complete replacement if the beneficiary wants it, with the cost suitably reduced.
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Common questions
Can I receive a house if I do not have a patta?
A household without patta may be considered only after a house site patta is provided. District Collectors must monitor the issue of pattas through task forces at district, block and Village Panchayat levels.
Can a house be sanctioned on inherited family property?
Yes. A household living in an inherited hut or house site may be considered if the applicant is a legal heir.
Is a hut on poramboke land eligible for replacement?
Not automatically. The poramboke land must be unobjectionable, and the Revenue Department must regularise the encroachment before a permanent house can be provided.
How much assistance is approved for each house?
The approved unit cost is Rs.3.50 lakh per house. An Individual Household Latrine costing Rs.12,000 under Swachh Bharat Mission, Gramin, is also to be provided if the beneficiary has not already received that benefit.
