jaipur union finance minister nirmala sitharamas announcement on thursday to launch a scheme for affordable rental housing for migrant workers and urban poor has echoed the need articulated by the industry in rajasthan announcing the second tranche of relief measures she said affordable rental housing complexes ahrc will be launched under ppp mode through concessionaire this was exactly what the industry had demanded for industrial workersindustry body phdcci had recently proposed that the state government should sell land to builders on reserved prices for affordable housing where builders will construct flats and housing societies allowing industrialists buy the units in bulk at the same rates which could be rented out to workerswe want the workers to buy the flats but at the same time the factory owners should be allowed to purchase in bulk in the present situation workers face difficulties in buying houses due to lower cibil score lack of proper documentation and migratory nature of their job this is where the industrialists can fill the gap said digvijay dhabriya chairman of phdccirajasthanhe said the decision of the finance minister will provide good accommodation to labourers who can work smoothly in difficult situations like the current pandemic and other natural calamities while taking full precaution of social distancing health and hygienethe fate of many industries depends on the real estate sector and its revival holds the key to restarting economic activities suresh agarwal president of federation of rajasthan industry said hundreds of industries not only steel and cement as mentioned by the finance minister will be impacted positively if the real estate sector starts moving the housing sector creates demand in several industries if the economy is to revive it has to get a strong impetus from it even though the affordable segment is small in terms of value it can restart the wheels which is need of the hoursaid agarwalsunil jain president credairajasthan said the finance ministers proposal to extend the credit linked subsidy scheme for affordable housing for people having annual income rs 618 lakh will give some impetus to the sector the scheme which was a part of the pm awas yojna which started in 2017 had expired on march 2020 but the finance minister announced to extend it by another yearon ahrc jain said although they are waiting for the details and the announcement comes as good news for the sector which has suffered a lot due to the lockdown cm ashok gehlot reacted on fm nirmala sitharamas announcement about mnrega in her briefing on thursday through a couple of tweetsthe cm tweeted during present time of crisis due to covid19 complete slowdown in economy mnrega proves to be a ray of hope for countrys poor in rural areas this social security measure that aims to guarantee the right to work is a boon to rural poor people by the upa sicin another tweet he said now as fm sitharaman ji has announced relief measures mnrega will ensure poor migrants get work when they