Punjab government approves 3% residential reservation for govt employees
The Punjab council of ministers, which met under chief minister Amarinder Singh at Sultanpur Lodhi on Tuesday, decided to restrict number of flats per acre under ECGHS scheme and approves 3% residential reservation for the government employees. The cabinet also took a series of decisions with respect to housing allotment, including restriction of flats for allotment of land under ECGHS scheme to 40 per acre and 3% reservation of residential plots for government employees under Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) and special authorities’ jurisdiction. An official spokesperson said a decision to put a curb on per acre flats, allotted to the employees cooperative group housing societies (ECGHS) by various development authorities, had been taken in pursuance of the announcement made by the CM during his speech in the assembly on February 20, 2018, and in line with the notification issued on October 18, 2018.
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