Govt approves construction of over 1.68 lakh houses under PMAY-Urban
Live MintThe government has approved the construction of over 1.68 lakh houses in urban areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, taking the total number of houses sanctioned so far to 1.1 crore, according to a statement on Thursday. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said that the decision was taken at a meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee where officials from 14 states and union territories participated on Wednesday. The statement said that the houses sanctioned by the CSMC are proposed to be constructed in verticals like beneficiary-led construction, affordable housing in partnership and in-situ slum redevelopment under the PMAY. "Construction of 1,68,606 new houses have been approved in the meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the PMAY," the ministry said.