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Cost normलागत मानक

The upper limit of cost that the guidelines recognise when calculating subsidy for a component. It is not the market price of a project.

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The guidelines define it directly: cost norms means upper limit of cost for calculation of subsidy.

If a component has a cost norm of ₹1,200 per square metre and assistance of 50%, the calculation uses ₹1,200 as the ceiling per square metre even when the actual quotation is higher. If the actual cost is lower than the norm, the lower figure is the one that matters. Treating the cost norm as a price is the single most common source of disappointment.

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