Central government to provide assistance for construction

3 crore rural and urban houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 

Agency

NEW DELHI, June 10, 2024: The first cabinet meeting of the newly installed NDA government at the center Monday decided to provide assistance to an additional 3 crore rural and urban households for the construction of houses. This is to meet the housing requirements arising from the increase in the number of eligible families.

The central government has been implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana since 2015-16 to provide assistance to eligible rural and urban households for the construction of houses with basic amenities. Under PMAY, a total of 4.21 crore houses have been completed for eligible poor families in the last 10 years.

All houses constructed under PMAY are provided with basic amenities such as household toilets, LPG connections, electricity connections and functional household tap connections through convergence with other schemes of the central and state governments.

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