Dharmendra Pradhan is a minister in the Indian government. He is here in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on Friday. He is talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event. He says that the state government should be thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for relaxing norms for Odisha so that eligible beneficiaries in the state are not left out. He is referring to the Union Rural Development Ministry allowing the state to enter data of 95 lakh new beneficiaries in the Awaas Plus Portal where the waiting list of eligible beneficiaries are made in November last year. The state government now must maintain transparency and integrity in the selection process at a meeting in Delhi. If there is any mistake anywhere, it will be corrected in the scrutiny process. The state government on Monday published a provisional list of 959 lakh housing beneficiaries for public scrutiny by January 24 after which the list will be finalised and houses sanctioned to them under PMAYG.
