here . for other uses see awho disambiguation . army welfare housing organisation type private industry construction headquarters india area served india parent indian army website www.awhosena.in army welfare housing organisation is a society formed in december 1978 under the indian societies registration act xxi of 1860 . the aim and objective of the organisation is to construct houses for serving retired army personnel and their widows in selected stations throughout the country . 1 adjutant general of the indian army is the ex officio chairman of awho 2 and the board of governors is entirely constituted of senior army officers . 3 the organisation claims to function on no profit no loss basis but that has been disputed . 4 demand surveys edit awho conducts demand surveys to determine demand for a housing project at a certain location . applicants are requested for rs . 10 000 to register into the demand survey scheme . there is no interest provided for this money . if an applicant wants to withdraw later he gets the original amount minus 2 % . quite often demand surveys run for a long while without resulting in any actual housing project starting up . there are also several demand surveys which are discarded later citing lack of demand or inability to acquire land . 5 references edit army welfare housing organisation plans and projects . theteamwork.com . retrieved 2 december 2014 . indian army directorates branches . indian army . retrieved 2 december 2014 . army welfare housing ... vs adjutant generals branch & ors on 4 september 2013 . indian kanoon . retrieved 2 december 2014 . irregularities unearthed in army housing project . deccan herald . retrieved 7 december 2014 . important information demand surveys pdf . army welfare housing organisation news letter april 2014 15 . retrieved 7 december 2014 . external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title army welfare housing organisation & oldid 703898698 categories 1978 establishments in indiaindian armygovernment agencies established in 1978organisations based in delhi navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 february 2016 at 09 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view