GLOBAL HOUSING TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE-INDIA (GHTC-INDIA)

July 31, 2019

A pre-bid meeting for construction of Light House Projects under GHTC-India was organized in New Delhi.

Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC): 

  • Objective: GHTC was launched by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in January 2019 to fast-track the construction of affordable housing and meet the target of constructing 1.2 crore houses by 2022.

  • Parent programme: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U).

  • Salient Features:
    • Under it, Centre will offer about ₹150 crore as a technology innovation grant to build 6,000 homes — cheaper, faster and better — using alternative technologies and materials.

    • The challenge will focus on identifying and mainstreaming proven demonstrable technologies through ASHA (Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators) — India.



Light House Projects Challenge:

  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has published Request for Proposal (RFP) for construction of Light House Projects (LHP) at six selected sites under GHTC-India.

  • These LHPs will be constructed at Indore, Rajkot, Chennai, Ranchi, Agartala and Lucknow.

  • These selected sites will be used as an ‘open laboratory’ for live demonstration and will receive due attention from policy makers and media apart from felicitation/ recognition in Grand Expo-cum-Conference.

Source : PIB