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The central government has launched the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 2.0 to provide affordable housing for one crore urban poor, middle-class families, and economically disadvantaged groups in metropolitan areas. INCLUSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PMAY-U 2.0, a flagship government initiative, focuses on offering all-weather pucca houses to eligible beneficiaries in urban areas. PMAY-U 2.0 incorporates four …

Karnataka government wants poor people to stay homeless, alleges Capt. Brijesh Chowta

Brijesh Chowta, BJP State Secretary and Dakshina Kannada MP, alleged on Friday that the State government led by the Congress wants poor people to stay homeless. It is because the State government has so far not signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Union government to identify beneficiaries for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0, he said. “I hereby …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted important steps taken by the National Democratic Alliance government for the poor, farmers, youth, and women during the first 100 days of its current term. Among these, the government has committed to build three crore new concrete houses and announced a ₹2 lakh crore package aimed at uplifting the youth,” Mr. Modi said …

I-Day credit scheme for poor set to be rolled out

PM Modi announces new scheme to help urban poor build houses

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 …

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

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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Union Budget: Allocation for housing scheme for rural poor increased by 12%

The budgetary allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin or PMAY-G for providing housing for the rural poor has been increased by 12% to ₹54,487 crore even as the allocation for the urban version of the scheme has been slashed to ₹25103 crore from ₹28708 crore. The housing schemes are among the most popular social welfare policies such as Ujjwala …

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Drawing a distinction between welfare schemes that benefit the poor and “freebies”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that “revri culture” saddened the average taxpayer. On July 16, Mr. Modi had used the term “revri culture” for the first time at an event in Uttar Pradesh and warned that the culture of distributing freebies for votes would take the …

The financial aid will include releasing first installment payment for 5.30 lakh beneficiaries, and a second installment to 80,000 beneficiaries, who have already availed the first installment Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lashed out at previous governments, saying the poor had to bear the brunt of their “wrong” policies and intentions. “Their policies were wrong and the poor …