The scheme “Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)” was introduced by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on a pilot basis for a period of 2 years w.e.f. 01.07.2018 for providing relief to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed.
The scheme aims to reward and incentivize the best performing Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Himachal Pradesh (Municipal Council/Nagar Panchyat) on the indicators of sanitations/cleanliness, increase utilization, public infrastructure and official work.
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹1,30,000 is provided for constructing houses in hilly areas and ₹1,20,000 for plain areas to homeless Scheduled Caste families who are below the poverty line (BPL) or fall within a defined income limit.