1.8 mn houses to be built in 3 years under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: Karnataka CM Bommai
2 years, 9 months ago

1.8 mn houses to be built in 3 years under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: Karnataka CM Bommai

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, during his interaction with the beneficiaries of centrally- “The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana aims at ensuring a roof over the head for each family in the country, for which about 18 lakh homes would be built in Karnataka under the scheme in the next three years,” he said. Bommai also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, and Ayushman Bharat Yojana for the welfare of the marginalised sections and said that his big heart beats for the welfare of the last man in the social order. Stating that the funding for welfare programmes never reached the bottom segment, the chief minister added, “The welfare programmes should be formulated with a bottom to top approach. However, the funding should percolate from the top to bottom.” He further said that the PM has completely changed the welfare programme funding system through the Direct Benefit Transfer system.

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Minister lauds NTR’s pioneering efforts in construction of houses for the poor
1 week, 2 days ago

Minister lauds NTR’s pioneering efforts in construction of houses for the poor

The Hindu  

Minister for Housing Kolusu Parthasarathy asserted that the TDP founder and former Chief Minister N.T. Participating in a discussion on the demand for grants to the Housing Department in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, Mr. Parthasarathy said Mr. Naidu had allocated a sum of ₹15,000 crore for housing in 2014-19. Out of 10 lakh NTR houses, 4.75 lakh were completed, …

Govt. sets an ambitious housing target for 2025-26 in Andhra Pradesh
1 week, 3 days ago

Govt. sets an ambitious housing target for 2025-26 in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is aiming at constructing 10 lakh houses under the PMAY 1.0 and PMAY 2.0 schemes between April 2025 and March 2026 in both the rural and urban areas. “The government is committed to completing these houses by mobilising additional funds, if required, and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has promised to allocate additional budgetary support,” …

Maharashtra government to give additional Rs 50,000 subsidy for rural homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Maharashtra government to give additional Rs 50,000 subsidy for rural homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

India TV News  

Maharashtra government to give additional Rs 50,000 subsidy for rural homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Maharashtra: The programme operates on a demand-driven basis, allowing states and union territories to approve projects based on identified eligible beneficiaries. Maharashtra: The Maharashtra government will give an additional subsidy of Rs 50,000 for homes in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, …

8 lakh affordable homes in 5 years: DyCM Shinde
1 month, 1 week ago

8 lakh affordable homes in 5 years: DyCM Shinde

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority will construct 8 lakh affordable homes in the next five years, announced deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde during the lottery draw of Konkan Board held in Thane on Tuesday. 8 lakh affordable homes in 5 years: DyCM Shinde On Tuesday, a lottery draw of 2,147 homes and 117 plots of the Konkan …

PM Awas Yojana to benefit additional 3 crore families. Details here
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PM Awas Yojana to benefit additional 3 crore families. Details here

India Today  

President Droupadi Murmu announced the expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the government’s flagship housing scheme, while addressing both the houses of the Parliament ahead of the unveiling of Budget 2025. The Union Budget 2024-25 allocated Rs 54,500 crore for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or PMAY-U. This scheme is applicable to households from the Economically Weaker Section scheme, Lower …

CM Chandrababu Naidu to hand over keys of 1.14 lakh houses under PMAY scheme
1 month, 2 weeks ago

CM Chandrababu Naidu to hand over keys of 1.14 lakh houses under PMAY scheme

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will officially hand the keys to beneficiaries of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme at Tetali in the Tanuku Assembly constituency on February 1, announced Housing and I&PR Minister Kolusu Parthasarathy. Speaking to mediapersons, Parthasarathy revealed that ministers and public representatives across the State will distribute keys to beneficiaries of 1.14 lakh …

Telangana appeals Centre to sanction 20 lakh houses under PMAY 2.0
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana appeals Centre to sanction 20 lakh houses under PMAY 2.0

India TV News  

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged to the Centre to sanction 20 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 to the state. A release from the CMO on Friday night said Reddy urged Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development Manohar Lal Khattar to allocate one lakh solar pumps under PM Kusum to ensure continuous supply …

Ready to allocate more houses to Telangana than its share in PMAY, says Union Minister
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ready to allocate more houses to Telangana than its share in PMAY, says Union Minister

The Hindu  

Telangana will get more houses than its allocated share in the Central government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, said Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Telangana Revenue and Housing Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, Karimnagar MLA G …

Telangana Govt. to Launch Four Welfare Schemes
2 months ago

Telangana Govt. to Launch Four Welfare Schemes

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy announced on Saturday that the state government will launch four new welfare schemes — Indiramma Atmeeya Bharosa, Rythu Bharosa, Indiramma Houses, and issuance of new ration cards — on January 26. Outlining the upcoming welfare schemes, Reddy said that the Indiramma Houses Scheme would enable the construction of new homes for eligible …

Centre approves 20 lakh houses for Maharashtra under PMAY
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre approves 20 lakh houses for Maharashtra under PMAY

Hindustan Times  

The Central Government has allocated an additional 13 lakh houses for Maharashtra this year, totalling over 20 lakh homes in a year under the PMAY, according to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was in the city on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Fadnavis described the initiative as “historic,” stating that 26 lakh people have registered for the …

PMAY 2.0: How to apply online for new homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana? Check steps
3 months ago

PMAY 2.0: How to apply online for new homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana? Check steps

India TV News  

The central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has launched the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to provide financial assistance for housing. Under PMAY 2.0, the government plans to build 1 lakh new houses, where each unit will get a financial subsidy of Rs 2.30 lakh. The scheme will be implemented through various components, including: Beneficiary-Led …

Houses to poor in 4 years: Ponguleti
3 months ago

Houses to poor in 4 years: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Revenue and housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Friday said that the state government is committed to fulfilling the dream of every poor family to own a pucca house through the Indiramma Housing Scheme. The minister revealed that the government had received 80 lakh applications for Indiramma houses through the Praja Palana Seva Kendrams as part of the selection …

612,000 houses pre-approved under PMAY 2.0, more sanctions expected soon: Khattar
3 months ago

612,000 houses pre-approved under PMAY 2.0, more sanctions expected soon: Khattar

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A total of 612,000 houses, out of a target of 10 million, have already been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 scheme, which was approved by the cabinet in August. Khattar said that the decision to pre-approve houses was made to expedite the process of construction Manohar Lal Khattar, the minister of housing and urban affairs, …

1 Lakh Houses Under PMAY: Naidu’s Target
3 months, 1 week ago

1 Lakh Houses Under PMAY: Naidu’s Target

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has speeded up the construction of one lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme in Andhra Pradesh. “Officials must hand over the completed houses to one lakh beneficiaries and the housewarmings should be done by New Year or Sankranti festival,” he said. He said, “We have intensified efforts to complete one lakh …

Govt to give houses to all: Ponguleti
3 months, 1 week ago

Govt to give houses to all: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Housing minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the government had resolved to provide Indiramma houses to all deserving women. Indiramma House committees have been formed to build these houses.” The houses sanctioned in the name of the women will get `5 lakh as financial assistance. In the first phase 3,500 to 4,000 houses will be constructed per constituency to achieve …

13% houses completed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban in last 5 yrs: Govt
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

13% houses completed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban in last 5 yrs: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Around 13% of houses completed under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban in the past five years were in Uttar Pradesh alone, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. UP, which has the second-highest urban population according to the 2011 Census, has the highest number of completed houses under the mission between 2019-20 and 2023-24 with 1.15 million units. …

Over 88 lakh houses delivered under PMAY-U, govt tells Rajya Sabha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 88 lakh houses delivered under PMAY-U, govt tells Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Dec 2 More than 88 lakh houses have been delivered to the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Dec 2. More than 88 lakh houses have been delivered to the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Dec 2. The ministry has been supplementing the …

Telangana Government Announces Massive Housing Initiative: 20 Lakh Houses in 4 Years
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Government Announces Massive Housing Initiative: 20 Lakh Houses in 4 Years

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana government has announced that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will continue in the post for the next four years without interruption. The state government plans to construct 20 lakh houses for the poor under the Indiramma housing scheme in the next four years, with a budget allocation of Rs.27,000 crore.

PMAY-G Expansion: Union Minister Highlights Initiatives for Rural Housing
4 months, 3 weeks ago

PMAY-G Expansion: Union Minister Highlights Initiatives for Rural Housing

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar launches a two-day workshop on rural housing in Guntur. The workshop aims to provide training and capacity building to State government officials and beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G). The workshop will cover various aspects of the PMAY-G scheme, including application process, eligibility criteria, and implementation updates. The …

Deconstructing PMAY-U: What the numbers reveal
6 months, 1 week ago

Deconstructing PMAY-U: What the numbers reveal

Hindustan Times  

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban, an ongoing programme since 2015, is India’s largest urban housing programme. An unprecedented 11.9 million houses, which is about 10% of the Census 2011 urban housing stock, have been sanctioned across its five sub-schemes. The aggressive housing agendas of a few states and the popularity of the Beneficiary-Led Construction sub-scheme households—i.e., households with an …

Deconstructing PMAY-U: What the numbers reveal
6 months, 1 week ago

Deconstructing PMAY-U: What the numbers reveal

Hindustan Times  

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban, an ongoing programme since 2015, is India’s largest urban housing programme. An unprecedented 11.9 million houses, which is about 10% of the Census 2011 urban housing stock, have been sanctioned across its five sub-schemes. The aggressive housing agendas of a few states and the popularity of the Beneficiary-Led Construction sub-scheme households—i.e., households with an …

Naidu aims to complete 20 lakh homes for homeless
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Naidu aims to complete 20 lakh homes for homeless

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is targeting to build a house for every homeless poor in Andhra Pradesh. The chief minister has asked the housing department to work dedicatedly to reach the target of 1.55 lakh houses in the next hundred days and the annual target of seven lakh houses this year. These apart, 87,648 houses would be constructed …

Kishan Reddy urges Revanth to participate in Centre’s housing scheme
7 months ago

Kishan Reddy urges Revanth to participate in Centre’s housing scheme

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has requested Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to see that Telangana participates in the proposed household survey to enumerate the homeless in the rural areas by the Centre, on Tuesday. In the earlier version of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana, the homeless people’s list was provided by the States concerned based …

Rs 2.30L cr for housing, 8 rly projects okayed
7 months, 1 week ago

Rs 2.30L cr for housing, 8 rly projects okayed

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Among a slew of measures that the Narendra Modi-led government took on Friday, the most ambitious appeared to be the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0. Under this scheme, financial assistance will be provided to one crore urban poor and middle-class families through states, UTs or Primary Lending Institutions to construct, purchase or rent a house at an affordable …

PMAY-U scheme not helping urban poor, beneficiaries: Congress leader Ajay Maken
7 months, 2 weeks ago

PMAY-U scheme not helping urban poor, beneficiaries: Congress leader Ajay Maken

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi and former minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme of the Union government is failing to help the urban poor, who are the intended beneficiaries. Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi and former minister Ajay Maken The PMAY, a pet scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, …

Nirmala Sitharaman announces PM-Awas Yojana Urban 2.0 for housing for all
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Nirmala Sitharaman announces PM-Awas Yojana Urban 2.0 for housing for all

India Today  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced PM Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 aimed at housing for all while presenting Budget 2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, "Urban Housing: Under the PM Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0, the housing needs of 1 crore poor and middle-class families will be addressed with an investment of Rs 10 lakh crores. In the 2024 Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman …

Cheap, sustainable homes must amid demand boom: Eco Survey
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cheap, sustainable homes must amid demand boom: Eco Survey

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The 2023-24 Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Monday, called for adaptive strategies and policies to provide cost-effective and sustainable housing. The survey said the real estate sector witnessed “a robust recovery” post-pandemic, with the sale of residential real estate in 2023 recording a 33% year-on-year growth, the highest since 2013. The strong desire for home ownership was …

Siddaramaiah approves completion of 1.29 lakh houses for the poor
8 months, 1 week ago

Siddaramaiah approves completion of 1.29 lakh houses for the poor

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday approved the completion of 1.29 lakh houses being constructed for poor families by the Karnataka Slum Development Board and the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation under the ‘Housing for All’ scheme. The government would bear the beneficiary contribution and provide financial assistance in phases to complete these houses. Financial requirement During a progress review meeting of …

Maharashtra Budget 2024 allocates ₹7425 crore for construction of 35 lakh affordable homes
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Budget 2024 allocates ₹7425 crore for construction of 35 lakh affordable homes

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra government’s Interim Budget for 2024-2025 has set a target to construct 35 lakh affordable homes in the next five years through various housing schemes, including Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, for which it has allocated ₹7425 crore. Maharashtra government’s interim budget for 2024-2025 has set a target to construct 35 lakh affordable homes in the next five years through various …

Urban Affairs Ministry to revamp affordable housing scheme
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Urban Affairs Ministry to revamp affordable housing scheme

The Hindu  

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, a scheme to enable affordable housing for the urban poor, would be revamped with new features based on learning from the past nine years since when it has been operational, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said on Tuesday. A senior official of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said that the revamp would …

New Cabinet’s first decision: Centre to assist construction of 3 crore houses under PMAY
9 months ago

New Cabinet’s first decision: Centre to assist construction of 3 crore houses under PMAY

The Hindu  

Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge of his office for the third consecutive time on June 10, the new Union Cabinet led by him took its first decision — to provide assistance for the construction of three crore more rural and urban houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. “It has been decided in the Cabinet meeting today …

Modi Cabinet 3.0 takes big decision in first meeting, govt to construct 3 crore houses under PMAY
9 months, 1 week ago

Modi Cabinet 3.0 takes big decision in first meeting, govt to construct 3 crore houses under PMAY

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the first meeting of his new Cabinet on Monday evening. In the meeting, it was decided the central government will provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses, under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to assist eligible rural and urban households in constructing homes equipped with basic amenities. PM …

People of Odisha have decided to give Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik: Nadda
9 months, 3 weeks ago

People of Odisha have decided to give Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik: Nadda

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president JP Nadda on Thursday said people of Odisha have decided to give 21 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats to BJP this time. Addressing a public meeting at Karanjia in Mayurbhanj district, Nadda said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the definition and culture of development and politics in the last 10 years. PM Modi gave …

Interim budget: 5-year extension to PMAY rural; 20 million houses to be built
1 year, 1 month ago

Interim budget: 5-year extension to PMAY rural; 20 million houses to be built

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government has extended the housing scheme for rural poor or the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, one of the most important welfare programmes to fight multi-dimensional poverty, for another five years to construct an additional 20 million houses, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday. According to government functionaries, a major share of the 20 million new houses …

Housing scheme to be launched for deserving middle class: Sitharaman in Budget speech
1 year, 1 month ago

Housing scheme to be launched for deserving middle class: Sitharaman in Budget speech

The Hindu  

Giving a boost to affordable housing, the government on Thursday announced a new scheme to help “deserving” sections of the middle class buy or build their own houses. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also gave a push to rural housing and said two crore more houses would be made under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Rural. Ms. Sitharaman said …

Real Estate Budget 2024: Govt to launch housing scheme for the middle class
1 year, 1 month ago

Real Estate Budget 2024: Govt to launch housing scheme for the middle class

Hindustan Times  

The government will launch a housing scheme for middle class to buy or build their own houses, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget 2024 speech on February 1. Government to launch ₹ 2 crore more housing units in the next five years under the PM Awas Yojana : Budget 2024 “Our Government will launch a scheme to help …

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces new housing scheme for middle class citizens
1 year, 1 month ago

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces new housing scheme for middle class citizens

India TV News  

In her last Budget announcement before the Lok Sabha elections for 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined various housing schemes. "Our government will launch a scheme to help deserving sections of the middle class “living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorised colonies” to buy or build their own houses," she said in her budget speech. Image Source …

PM Modi dedicates 15,000 houses to beneficiaries, lays AMRUT projects’ foundation
1 year, 1 month ago

PM Modi dedicates 15,000 houses to beneficiaries, lays AMRUT projects’ foundation

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a ceremony at Kumbhari in Maharashtra’s Solapur district on Friday handed over keys of 15,000 homes in RAY Nagar housing society to the beneficiaries in the unorganised sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an event in Solapur, Maharashtra on Friday He also dedicated 90,000 houses built under Prime Minister Awas Yojna and urged the …

Jharkhand govt to construct 8 lakh houses for homeless under 'Abua Awas Yojana'
1 year, 4 months ago

Jharkhand govt to construct 8 lakh houses for homeless under 'Abua Awas Yojana'

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi, October 19 : Under the leadership of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren state-supported Abua Awas Yojana was given approval at a meeting of the council of ministers held here on Wednesday. HT Image Under AAY, the state government is planning to construct 8 lakh houses across Jharkhand and provide them to the poor and needy free of cost. "Under …

State govt corporation to build 36,000 low-cost flats small cities and MMR
1 year, 4 months ago

State govt corporation to build 36,000 low-cost flats small cities and MMR

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana scheme, the Maharashtra Housing Development Corporation is constructing 36,000 small houses in tier-2 and 3 cities including Solapur, Nagpur, Satara, and Titwala in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The houses have an area of 300 to 600 sq ft, with prices ranging from ₹ 9 to ₹ 17 lakh for the economically weaker sections, …

Government’s 60,000 Crore Affordable Housing Subsidy Scheme: What’s the Rush?
1 year, 5 months ago

Government’s 60,000 Crore Affordable Housing Subsidy Scheme: What’s the Rush?

The Quint  

Modi government’s ambitious housing for agenda was eloquently captured in the address of the President of India to the Joint Session of Parliament on 9 June, 2014: “By the time the Nation completes 75 years of its Independence, every family will have a pucca house with water connection, toilet facilities, 24x7 electricity supply, and access.” The government launched Pradhan Mantri …

Chhattisgarh elections: Rahul Gandhi to launch 'Gramin Awas Nyay Yojna' in Raipur today
1 year, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh elections: Rahul Gandhi to launch 'Gramin Awas Nyay Yojna' in Raipur today

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Ahead of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will launch Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Nyay Yojna today at the Awas Nyay Sammelan programme in Bilaspur district. At 'Awas Nyay Sammelan', Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will disburse the first instalment of Rs 25,000 each to 1,30,000 beneficiaries for the construction of houses. Of the 1.30 …

5 lakh houses ready for distribution, mass house-warming in September second week
1 year, 6 months ago

5 lakh houses ready for distribution, mass house-warming in September second week

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Around 5 lakh houses, of the total 15 lakh in the first phase of the Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu scheme of the state government are ready for occupation, with Chief Minister Y.S. Ajay Jain, special chief secretary, said that against a target to complete 5 lakh houses by August-end, the AP state housing department completed 5,00,653 houses. Explaining the process behind …

Housing for all: The Hindu Editorial on scheme to help the urban poor build houses in cities
1 year, 7 months ago

Housing for all: The Hindu Editorial on scheme to help the urban poor build houses in cities

The Hindu  

The announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a scheme to help the urban poor build houses in cities is a signal that the government is to undertake one more plan to address the problem of a shortage in urban housing. Even five months ago, its stand was that no new housing scheme had been envisaged following the extension of …

PM Modi announces new scheme to help urban poor build houses
1 year, 7 months ago

PM Modi announces new scheme to help urban poor build houses

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 announced a new scheme to help urban poor build houses in cities. We are coming up with a new scheme in the coming years that will benefit those families that live in cities but are living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorised colonies.” The Prime Minister said that if this …

Jagan to Lay Foundation for 50,793 Houses on 25 Layouts in Amaravati
1 year, 7 months ago

Jagan to Lay Foundation for 50,793 Houses on 25 Layouts in Amaravati

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would lay the foundation stone for 50,000 houses under a mega housing project in Amaravati on Monday. Aiming to provide houses to the poor, the CM will also lay foundation stones for social infrastructure like schools, anganwadi centers, health centres and digital libraries. Jagan Reddy would lay the foundation for construction of houses …

BJP to expose govt. on two-bedroom housing scheme
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP to expose govt. on two-bedroom housing scheme

The Hindu  

Telangana BJP has accused the BRS government of indulging in “large-scale corruption and diversion of funds” released by the Centre and the funding agencies for the construction of two-bedroom housing for the poor in the State, on Wednesday. “The government had received lot of funding including ₹4,400 crore under the PMAY – Prime Minister Awas Yojana; yet the number of …

Assam: Over 11 lakh out of 18 lakh sanctioned houses under PMAY-G are completed
1 year, 9 months ago

Assam: Over 11 lakh out of 18 lakh sanctioned houses under PMAY-G are completed

India TV News  

Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Friday said over 18 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin have been sanctioned in his state so far, with the construction of more than 11 lakh houses completed. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Dass said more than 19 lakh beneficiaries are covered under the PMAY-G in …

Somu Veerraju urges Centre to ensure strict implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 11 months ago

Somu Veerraju urges Centre to ensure strict implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh unit president Somu Veerraju and general secretary S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy met Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi on April 9 and appealed to the latter to hold the State government accountable for completing the construction of only 30,000 of the 10 lakh houses sanctioned by the Centre when …

Roof over the head: How PM Modi's housing scheme for the poor is central to winning 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Roof over the head: How PM Modi's housing scheme for the poor is central to winning 2024

Firstpost  

Free housing for the poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has been a fundamental driver of the BJP’s growth in the Hindi heartland New Delhi: Soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a whopping 66 per cent hike in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to Rs 79,590 crore in the Union Budget, the most interesting political signal came from Lucknow. …

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