The centre has permitted the construction of nearly 2.15 lakh more affordable houses, in WB, UP, AP, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme.
The government has set a target of one crore houses to be constructed in urban areas in the country, over a period of seven years, from 2015 to 2022. The PMAY (U), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015, aims to ensure ‘Housing for All by 2022’.
The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry approved the construction of nearly 2.15 lakh affordable houses for the poor in six states, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). According to the ministry, with the sanctioning of 2, 15,083 more housing units, the total number of houses being funded under the PMAY (U) across the country would be 62,53,731.
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