Centre approves construction of 2.35 lakh houses under PMAY
The approval was given at the third meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) chaired by Srinivas Katikithala, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), an official statement said.
The houses would be constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0). The total houses approved are 2,34,864 for nine States — Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
PMAY-U 2.0 is being implemented through four verticals — Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS). The houses approved in the CSMC meeting are under BLC and AHP verticals of the scheme.
As of now, the total number of houses sanctioned under PMAY-U 2.0 is 7,09,979.
Among the houses approved, more than 1.25 lakh dwellings have been sanctioned for women alone, including single women and widows. A total of 44 houses have also been allotted to transgenders.
While 42,400 houses have been allotted in the name of Scheduled Caste beneficiaries, 17,574 would be for Scheduled Tribes and 1,13,414 for Other Backward Classes.
Under PMAY-U 2.0, 1 crore families will be provided financial assistance to construct or purchase a pucca (permanent) house in urban areas. The scheme focuses on upliftment of poor and middle-class families by giving them secured houses to focus on the betterment of their lives. For individuals/families, Central assistance of up to ₹2.50 lakh per housing unit is provided.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), launched in June 2015, was revamped and launched as PMAY-U 2.0. Under PMAY-U, more than 93.19 Lakh houses have already been constructed and delivered to beneficiaries. With the launch of PMAY-U 2.0, additional 1 crore EWS/LIG/MIG families of urban India will be provided pucca (permanent) houses.
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