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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Awasiya Yojana: flats on land freed from mafia

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Awasiya Yojana: flats on land freed from mafia (, 5 November 2025)

What happened

  • The CM opened the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Awasiya Yojana in Lucknow and gave flat allotment letters to 72 economically weaker families. [UP CM press note]
  • LDA gave each house for 10.70 lakh rupees; 08 thousand people applied and 5,700 were found eligible. [UP CM press note]

Background

  • The flats are built on land freed from mafia occupation. [UP CM press note]

Why it matters

  • Using seized land for EWS housing turns enforcement into a welfare asset.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI urban housing

  1. Using seized land for EWS housing turns enforcement into a welfare asset.
Quotable data point

The CM opened the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Awasiya Yojana in Lucknow and gave flat allotment letters to 72 economically weaker families [UP CM press note].

UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-11-05: मुख्यमंत्री ने सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल आवासीय योजना का लोकार्पण कर योजनान्तर्गत 72 परिवारों को फ्लैट के आवंटन-पत्र प्रदान किये (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: urban housing.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

Price of an LDA flat under the Sardar Patel Awasiya Yojana:

Answer (c) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept, CM press note 2025-11-05: मुख्यमंत्री ने सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल आवासीय योजना का लोकार्पण कर योजनान्तर्गत 72 परिवारों को फ्लैट के आवंटन-पत्र प्रदान किये (Hindi PDF)

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