Government of India
Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dated : 1 st August, 2005.
To
Secretaries of all Ministries/Deptts. of Govt. of India
Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs Govt.
Subject :- Institution of Awards in the area of Housing, Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation – reg.
This Ministry is engaged in formulation and implementation of housing and habitat policies and programmes and schemes on housing, urban employment and poverty alleviation. In order to encourage various stakeholders involved in housing, urban employment and poverty alleviation in the country, specially those who may have done well in areas of innovative and cost effective technology, micro-finance, housing for weaker Sections, slum redevelopment, and to encourage NGOs/CBOs/Self Help Groups/DWCUA Groups, Government Departments, PSUs, Cooperatives, Autonomous Bodies and the Private Sector, Awards are being introduced, which will be awarded to the selected participants annually. It is requested that wide publicity may kindly be given to this circular and nominations, if any, for the current year may be sent to this Ministry, latest by 30 th September, 2005.
It may be re-iterated that an applicant may apply against more than one category.
Yours faithfully,
Encl: as above.
[ Pankaj Jain ]
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India
Copy to :-
Information Officer, M/o UE&PA.
All PSUs/Autonomous Bodies under this Ministry.
Deputy Secretary (Coord.), Ministry of Urban Development.
MINISTRY OF URBAN EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Introduction : Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation has instituted awards to encourage various stakeholders involved in housing, urban employment and poverty alleviation in the country, specially those who have done commendable work in areas of innovative and cost effective technology, micro-finance, housing for weaker sections and slum redevelopment.
Eligibility: The contestant should have executed the work as given in Annexure-I.
Sr.No. |
Name of Award |
No. of Awards |
1. |
Best Practices Award (in housing/shelter/habitat and for Urban poverty/urban employment issues) |
1 st– Rs.2,00,000/- 2 nd –Rs.1,00,000/- |
2 |
Innovative and Cost Effective technology Award |
1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- |
3 |
Best Performing Micro Finance Institution Award |
1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- |
4 |
National Award for Housing for Weaker Sections: i)Awas Ratna for Private Sector ii)Awas Ratna for Public Sector iii)Awas Ratna for Cooperatives |
1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- 1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- 1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- |
5 |
Best “Slum Improvement Project” Award |
1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- |
6 |
Best DWCUA/NGO/CBO/Self-Help Group Award |
1 st– Rs.1,00,000/- 2 nd – Rs.25,000/- |
A citation will also be given in addition to cash award.
Procedure for submitting nominations : The nomination(s) may be submitted in accordance with procedure laid down in Annexure-II.. All correspondence must be addressed to Joint Secretary (Housing), Ministry of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation, 1 st Floor, ‘C’ Wing, Nirman Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-11.
Selection Mechanism : A Jury/Approval Committee, under the chairmanship of Secretary (UEPA), will scrutinize the nominations and recommend nomination for conferring awards. The decision of the Jury will be final..
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for filing an entry, the contestant should be engaged in a work relating to one or more of the following:
- Best practices in housing, urban employment & poverty alleviation.
- promotion of housing technology resulting in cheap and durable houses for the economically poor sections of the society including innovations.
- Construction of large number of houses at competitive prices for the urban poor/weaker sections.
- Development of best design of houses resulting in optimum use of space, maximum light and ventilation, adoption of cost-effective disaster resistant technology, meeting the norms of local bye-laws.
- Innovative schemes for upliftment of urban poor with the objective of alleviating their poverty.
- Innovative & result oriented urban employment schemes for the poor.
- Extending micro finance to the urban poor for employment /housing/consumption.
- Slum Improvement/redevelopment/relocation projects
- Community participation/self help by NGOs/CBOs/SHGs/DWCUA Groups
- In the case of Government Departments, PSUs, Cooperatives, Autonomous Bodies and the Public Sector, the nominations must be sent in the prescribed format (Annexure). The Head of the Organization will fill up the nomination forms in all respects, in triplicate, and route it through the Administrative Central Ministry/respective State Govt. Department, along with enclosures and with their recommendation to the Joint Secretary (H), Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. An advance copy may however be endorsed by the applicant to the Joint Secretary (H), Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
- In the case of Private sector and other Organizations, the Chief Executive of the organization will fill up the attached nomination forms in all respects in triplicate and send it to the Joint Secretary (H), Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
- In the case of individuals, nomination forms in triplicate may be sent to Joint Secretary (H) Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Application form for Awards given by Ministry of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation
1. Name of the Applicant/
Firm/Department/Office ------------------------------
2. Address ------------------------------
Tele No. ---------------------------------
Fax No. ---------------------------------
E-mail Address ---------------------------------
3. Category of Award for which
entry is being submitted ---------------------------------
4. Qualifications and experience of the
Applicant (enclose brief bio-data) --------------------------------
5. Name & Regn. No. of professional bodies
with which applicant is registered (if any) -------------------------------
6. Details of Firm/Department/Office
(a) Year of establishment
(b) Area of operation or jurisdiction -------------------------------
(c) Population of the town/city in which
(d) Project accomplished.
7. Brief details of the project
(a) Name of the project
(b) Geographical area covered
(c) Year in which commenced/completed -------------------------------
(d) Target population covered
(e) Any other important aspect
8. A report highlighting the details of the --------------------------------
Project
9. Additional information which you ---------------------------------
may like to furnish
Place
Dated
Name/Seal of office
Signature of applicant/
Authorised Signatory/
Competent authority.