Centre asks Telangana to return 190 crores given under PMAY as it has shown no data of houses built: Report
6 years, 5 months ago

Centre asks Telangana to return 190 crores given under PMAY as it has shown no data of houses built: Report

Op India  

The Central government has asked the Telangana state government to return the 190 crores given in 2016-17 for building rural houses for the economically backward under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as reported by the Economic Times. Telangana was given a target of building 70,674 houses in 2016-17 and the first instalment of Rs 190.78 crore was provided to the state. As per the minutes of the Empowered Committee meeting held on Oct 13, it was decided that the target of 70,674 houses allotted to Telangana would now be given ‘to other well-performing/needy states’ so as to enable the ministry to complete the target of constructing one crore houses under PMAY-G countrywide by 2018-19. According to a senior Ministry official, the Telangana government was, in fact, pushing its own state housing scheme that promises 2-bedroom houses to all the homeless poor.

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Telangana Budget 2025-26: Key takeaways | In charts
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1 day, 13 hours ago

Telangana Budget 2025-26: Key takeaways | In charts

The Hindu  

The Telangana State budget with an outlay of ₹3.05 lakh crores was presented by the Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the Assembly today. Receipts and Expenditure Revenue receipts stand at ₹2.3 lakh crores for 2025-26 budget estimates, up from ₹2.02 lakh crores last year. Revenue expenditure for social services increased from ₹81.1 thousand crores in 2024-25 to ₹1.1 …

Realistic Budget in Telangana after 25 years
1 day, 23 hours ago

Realistic Budget in Telangana after 25 years

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: For the first time in about two decades, the state received a pragmatic Budget with the Congress government projecting an organic growth in rupee inflow, be it through own tax revenues, devolution of Central taxes and borrowings. On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister and finance minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka stood his ground and projected an organic growth rate of 7.3 …

Telangana allots Rs 56,000 crore for poll promises in Rs 3.05 lakh crore budget
2 days, 9 hours ago

Telangana allots Rs 56,000 crore for poll promises in Rs 3.05 lakh crore budget

India Today  

The Congress-led Telangana government on Wednesday presented a budget of Rs 3.049 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2025-26, with a major focus on implementing its six poll guarantees. The budget, tabled by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the state Assembly, earmarks over Rs 56,000 crore for these welfare schemes, while planning to raise Rs 64,000 crore through …

Telangana Budget 2025-26: ₹31,605 crore allocated for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development dept.
2 days, 9 hours ago

Telangana Budget 2025-26: ₹31,605 crore allocated for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development dept.

The Hindu  

The Telangana government has allocated ₹31,605 crore for the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department in the State budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, reaffirming its commitment to rural progress and women’s empowerment. The Finance Minister said that they are committed to providing ₹1 lakh crore in interest-free loans to one crore women through the Indira Mahila Shakti Mission scheme. …

Telangana Budget 2025-26 to be presented in Assembly on Wednesday
3 days, 7 hours ago

Telangana Budget 2025-26 to be presented in Assembly on Wednesday

The Hindu  

The stage is all set for the presentation of Telangana’s annual financial statement, budget, for the financial year 2025-26 in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who holds the Finance portfolio, will present the budget in the House around noon on Wednsday even as the Finance department officials initiated efforts to fine tune the annual …

Minister lauds NTR’s pioneering efforts in construction of houses for the poor
1 week, 6 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
2 weeks, 1 day 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,” …

Centre allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore to Telangana in this year’s budget, says Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar
1 month ago

Centre allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore to Telangana in this year’s budget, says Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday claimed that Telangana has been allocated ₹1.08 lakh crore in the form of taxes and schemes in this year’s Union Budget and accused the Congress government of spreading “false propaganda” against the Centre to divert the attention of the people from its own failure to implement the six promised …

Centre’s impetus for development of Telangana is enormous: Kishan Reddy
1 month ago

Centre’s impetus for development of Telangana is enormous: Kishan Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had allocated funds and projects on a large scale for Telangana. The NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s impetus to infrastructure building, socio-economic upliftment and all-round development of Telangana has been consistent and enormous. The Central government sanctioned establishment of Kakatiya Mega …

Lok Sabha question reveals that Telangana lost lakhs of houses during BRS regime
1 month, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha question reveals that Telangana lost lakhs of houses during BRS regime

The Hindu  

Telangana lost lakhs of houses meant for poor people in the rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin during the BRS regime if the numbers revealed by the Minister of State for Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar are an indication. In a written reply, the Minister said that Telangana was allocated 70,674 houses for the financial years 2016-17 …

Railway budget: Andhra Pradesh gets Rs 9,417 crore, up by Rs 266 crore
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Railway budget: Andhra Pradesh gets Rs 9,417 crore, up by Rs 266 crore

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Unveiling a budget with an outlay of Rs 2,52,200 crore for the financial year 2025-26, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the allocation of Rs 9,417 crore for Andhra Pradesh, an increase of a whopping Rs 266 crore from Rs 9,151 crore allocated in the previous financial year. Vaishnaw highlighted that this amount is 11 times more than …

Bandi Sanjay warns against naming PMAY houses after “Indiramma Illu”
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bandi Sanjay warns against naming PMAY houses after “Indiramma Illu”

The Hindu  

Asserting that the Central government is ready to sanction houses to Telangana under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay said the Centre will not allocate a single house if anyone tries to name the “PMAY houses” as “Indiramma Illu”. “How can the houses allocated by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre …

CM Chandrababu Naidu to hand over keys of 1.14 lakh houses under PMAY scheme
1 month, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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 …

Chief Minister seeks ₹55,652 crore from Centre towards urban development
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chief Minister seeks ₹55,652 crore from Centre towards urban development

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has appealed to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar for a financial assistance to the tune of ₹55,652 crore for various developmental works proposed in Greater Hyderabad and other urban regions in the State. Mr. Khattar, who is on a visit to the city, held a review meeting on Urban Development …

Telangana Seeks Rs 45,000 Cr for New Schemes, Awaits Centre's Nod
2 months ago

Telangana Seeks Rs 45,000 Cr for New Schemes, Awaits Centre's Nod

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government is making efforts to mobilise Rs 45,000 crore to implement four new schemes on January 26. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who also holds the finance portfolio, had stated that the state government needs Rs 22,500 crore for construction of Indiramma houses, Rs 2,000 crore for Indiramma Atmeeya Bharosa and Rs 19,000 crore for rythu …

Rs.45,000 Cr being spent on four schemes in Telangana: Bhattti
2 months, 1 week ago

Rs.45,000 Cr being spent on four schemes in Telangana: Bhattti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The Sankranti festival-2025 would remain in the history as the best one since the formation of Telangana, said Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu. He was speaking at the review meeting on four new welfare schemes with officials and people’s representatives of undivided Khammam district on Monday. He said that already free bus travel for women, cooking gas cylinder …

Telangana Govt. to Launch Four Welfare Schemes
2 months, 1 week 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 …

Telangana Govt to Spend Rs 12k Cr on Roads in Rural Areas: Govt
3 months ago

Telangana Govt to Spend Rs 12k Cr on Roads in Rural Areas: Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government informed the Assembly that it will spend Rs 12,000 crore to lay 11,000 km of roads in rural areas. Of the 12,941 gram panchayats in the state, 334 remain unconnected with proper roads and the government said it will lay BT roads at gram panchayats, residential colonies and habitations. BRS leader Sabitha Reddy addressing the media …

CM Revanth Reddy asks centre to release Rs 1.8k crore for backward districts
3 months, 1 week ago

CM Revanth Reddy asks centre to release Rs 1.8k crore for backward districts

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to immediately release the pending grant of Rs 1,800 crore to the backward districts of Telangana as per the AP Reorganisation Act. Revanth discussed with the Union minister the grant which is to be received from the Centre for the development of backward districts and reminded her …

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, 2 weeks 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.

Congress to Release Detailed Performance Report Cards for Each Sector in Telangana
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress to Release Detailed Performance Report Cards for Each Sector in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana government is set to release detailed performance report cards covering various sectors, including the six guarantees, funds spent, and the number of beneficiaries of welfare schemes. These report cards are seen as a strategic move by Congress to counter criticism from opposition parties, primarily the BRS and BJP, who have accused the state government of failing to deliver …

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

Form Indiramma Committees by Dasara, CM tells officials
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Form Indiramma Committees by Dasara, CM tells officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed the officials to form Indiramma Committees by Dasara. He asked the officials to take steps to ensure that maximum number of houses were sanctioned to the state and also for the release of pending PMAY funds. The CM asked the officials to auction blocks and houses of the Rajiv Swagruha scheme that had …

Deconstructing PMAY-U: What the numbers reveal
6 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

Kishan Reddy urges Revanth to participate in Centre’s housing scheme
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Odisha lost 6.57L PMAY-G houses, government blames BJD
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha lost 6.57L PMAY-G houses, government blames BJD

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government on Tuesday said the state lost nearly 6.58 lakh housing units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin in the last eight years and blamed the previous BJD regime for it. Replying to a question from BJP MLA Manas Dutta, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Rabi Narayan Naik informed the Assembly that the previous government failed to …

Telangana govt presents ₹2.91 lakh-cr budget, agriculture gets lion’s share
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana govt presents ₹2.91 lakh-cr budget, agriculture gets lion’s share

Hindustan Times  

Telangana finance minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Thursday presented a ₹2.91 lakh crore state budget for 2024-25 in the assembly, with the total revenue expenditure expected to be ₹2.21 lakh crore and capital expenditure ₹33,487 crore, even as the Congress-led government allocated major chunk to agriculture, panchayati raj and rural development and irrigation departments. Stating that the Congress-led state government …

Telangana Government presents State Budget with total outlay of ₹2.91 lakh crore
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Government presents State Budget with total outlay of ₹2.91 lakh crore

The Hindu  

The Telangana State Government has presented ₹2.91 lakh crore Budget for the Financial Year 2024-25 with emphasis on welfare and development of agriculture and allied sectors. Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka introduced the Budget in the Assembly on July 25 with estimated revenue expenditure of ₹2.2 lakh crore and capital expenditure of ₹33,487 crore. The Finance Minister presented the Budget, …

Rs 2.5 lakh crore Telangana budget to focus on 6Gs
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rs 2.5 lakh crore Telangana budget to focus on 6Gs

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka will present the first full Budget of the Congress government after the formation of Telangana on Thursday. According to sources, the Budget for the financial year 2024–25 would be around Rs 2.5 lakh crore to Rs 2.9 lakh crore. Apart from this, an estimated Rs 15,000 crore would be required for implementing the Rythu …

Maharashtra Budget 2024 allocates ₹7425 crore for construction of 35 lakh affordable homes
8 months, 3 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 …

Telangana government cancels 62,600 2BHK houses, to get Indiramma houses
9 months ago

Telangana government cancels 62,600 2BHK houses, to get Indiramma houses

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has decided to cancel 62,600 double bedroom houses that were sanctioned but not constructed during the previous BRS government's nine-year tenure, official sources said. The BRS government had sanctioned 2.92 lakh 2BHK houses, including one lakh under the GHMC limits. In GHMC limits alone, out of the sanctioned one lakh 2BHK houses, a mere 69,000 were …

New Cabinet’s first decision: Centre to assist construction of 3 crore houses under PMAY
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Indiramma Rajyam envisages housing for all, inclusive welfare, says Telangana Deputy CM
1 year ago

Indiramma Rajyam envisages housing for all, inclusive welfare, says Telangana Deputy CM

The Hindu  

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has asserted that the ‘Indiramma Rajyam’ was striving with steadfast commitment to ensure that no family in the State is left without a house, and the benefits of welfare and development initiatives reach the poor and downtrodden. Talking to mediapersons in Proddatur village in Chinthakani mandal of Khammam district late on Sunday afternoon, …

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 …

Deposits in TS banks rise by Rs 52,153 crore
1 year, 2 months ago

Deposits in TS banks rise by Rs 52,153 crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Total deposits in banks in Telangana state grew by Rs 52,153 crore during the first half of this fiscal, totalling Rs 735,159.54 crore. During April-September, banks disbursed short-term production loans amounting to Rs 35,023 crore achieving 79.48 per cent of the annual targets. Banks disbursed education loans to the tune of Rs 396 crore and housing loans amounting to …

Jharkhand govt to construct 8 lakh houses for homeless under 'Abua Awas Yojana'
1 year, 5 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, 5 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, …

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 …

In Telangana, few funds, but many promises
1 year, 7 months ago

In Telangana, few funds, but many promises

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi-led Telangana government’s struggle to mobilise funds to effectively implement its flagship schemes is proving to be worrying for it, with the State set for elections in less than six months. The government made a budgetary provision of ₹17,700 crore for Dalit Bandhu, where the government provides a one-time capital assistance of ₹10 lakh each to Dalit …

BJP to expose govt. on two-bedroom housing scheme
1 year, 8 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 …

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