G.O.(Ms.) No.41, Implementation of Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme, 2025-26
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department issued Government Order G.O.(Ms.) No.41, dated 25 March 2025, granting administrative sanction of Rs.3,500 crore for constructing 1,00,000 houses under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme in 2025-26. The Government Order also approves eligibility, allocation and priority guidelines for selecting rural households.
What the Government Order does
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS.1) Department's G.O.(Ms.) No.41, dated 25 March 2025, approves Rs.3,500 crore for constructing 1,00,000 new houses under the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme during 2025-26. The scheme forms part of the State Government's plan to replace huts with permanent concrete houses in rural Tamil Nadu.
The approved amount includes Rs.1,200 crore from SCPAR, Rs.900 crore from Panchayat Raj Institution devolution grants, Rs.400 crore through convergence with MGNREGS and Swachh Bharath Mission, and Rs.1,000 crore as State Grant.
Who may qualify
The Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme guidelines give priority to households still living in huts and found eligible in the KVVT resurvey. Where that survey has few or no eligible households, the New Hut Survey and Housing for All survey databases may be used.
Key eligibility conditions include:
- The household must have a patta or ownership document for the house site.
- A legal heir living in inherited property may be considered.
- A household without patta can be considered only after receiving a house site patta.
- A hut on poramboke land cannot be replaced unless the land is unobjectionable and the Revenue Department regularises the encroachment.
- A Scheduled Tribe household holding a title under the Forest Rights Act may use that title as the equivalent of patta.
- Nomads, Scheduled Tribes and eligible huts with thatched roofs receive priority.
Priority and allocation
The Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj decides district allocations using the available database. District Collectors decide block and Village Panchayat allocations based on survey details available on the department website.
Important allocation provisions are:
- The statewide allocation ratio is 40:60 for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and other households.
- Five per cent of each district's allocation is reserved for differently abled persons, including families with mentally challenged persons.
- Priority categories include widows, destitute and deserted women, women headed families, transgender persons, eligible ex-servicemen, specified persons affected by AIDS or tuberculosis, and victims of natural calamities.
- Allotment should be in the woman's name where the patta is in her name. Where the patta is in the man's name, allotment should be jointly made to the wife and husband.
Who is excluded
The Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam Scheme does not cover tenant occupied huts, huts used commercially or for animals, permanent structures, or specified huts with permanent roofing. Huts owned by most serving or retired government employees, sitting Members of Parliament or Members of the Legislative Assembly, or their spouses are also excluded.
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Common questions
Can I receive a house if I do not have a patta?
A household without patta can be considered only after it receives a house site patta. District Collectors are directed to monitor the issue of pattas through task forces at district, block and Village Panchayat levels.
Can a hut on poramboke land qualify?
Only if the poramboke land is unobjectionable and the Revenue Department regularises the encroachment. Otherwise, the hut cannot be replaced under the scheme.
Does owning a hut automatically make a household eligible?
No. The household must meet the survey and ownership requirements, and permanent structures, tenant occupied huts, commercial huts and several other listed categories are excluded.
Whose name will appear on the house allotment?
If the patta is in a woman's name, the house should be allotted to her. If it is in a man's name, allotment should be jointly made to the wife and husband, or to the male family member if no woman member is available.
