

India builds 60,000 houses in Sri Lanka
In June 2010, Government of India announced that it would construct 50,000 houses in Sri Lanka at an outlay of 33 billon LKR. A Pilot Project involving construction of 1,000 houses was launched in November 2010 and was completed in July 2012. An MOU with the Government of Sri Lanka on the modalities of implementation of the remaining 49,000 houses under the Project was signed on 17 January 2012.
- Pilot Phase : The phase was completed in July 2012.
- Second Phase : The second phase launched on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October 2012, which envisaged construction of 45,000 houses in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, was completed in December 2018.
- An innovative owner-driven model was adopted to implement the second phase, wherein the Government of India arranged technical support and financial assistance for the owner-beneficiaries to undertake the construction / repair of their houses themselves.
- Financial assistance of LKR 550,000 per beneficiary (LKR 250,000 in case of repair cases) was released in stages, and transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries by the High Commission of India.
- Third Phase: Third phase of the Indian Housing Project involves construction of 4,000 houses for estate workers in the Central and Uva Provinces through an innovative community-driven approach. Letter of Exchange with the Government of Sri Lanka for this phase was signed in April 2016 and work started in October 2016.
- In the third phase, considering the difficulties in the terrain and accessibility of materials and other logistics, financial assistance per beneficiary was increased to LKR 950,000.
- As on date more than 3900 houses are complete in the third phase and the construction of the remaining houses is currently underway.
- Fourth Phase : During his visit to Sri Lanka on 12 May 2017, Prime Minister of India Shri NarendraModi announced an additional 10,000 houses for the estate workers in the plantation regions and the agreement was formalized in August 2018. The Phase entails an additional commitment of LKR 11 billion. Construction of 1300 houses in the first stage has commenced.
- As on 31 October 2024, more than a total of LKR 33 billion has been disbursed by the Government of India under Indian Housing Project.


