1.23 Lakh New Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Urban.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has approved 1.23 lakh (1,23,101) more affordable houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban. In PMAY Urban Housing Scheme, central government led by PM Narendra Modi aims to provide affordable houses to the poor people in urban areas who does not have their own home. Central Sanctioning & Monitoring Committee has sanctioned more houses under PMAY U in CSMC 47th meeting held on 25 September 2019.
In CSMC 47th meeting, a total number of 630 projects have been approved in 10 states across BLC / AHP / ISSR verticals. The total project cost is Rs. 4,988 crore with central assistance of Rs. 1,805 crore. The cumulative number of pucca houses sanctioned by the central govt. now reaches over 90 lakh under PMAY Urban Housing Scheme.
The total investment approved so far is now Rs. 5.54 lakh crore (5,54,379) while total central assistance is Rs. 1,42,528 crore. Central govt. is going to construct these new houses in 10 states namely
- Chhattisgarh
- Gujarat
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Madhya Pradesh
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand and
- West Bengal.
CSMC 47th Meeting – 1.23 Lakh More Houses under PMAY Urban Housing Scheme
The number of houses approved (state-wise) under PMAY Urban in the 47th CSMC meeting held on 25 September 2019 are as follows:-
|
State
|
Number of Projects
|
EWS Houses
|
width=”20%”>Overall Investment (Rs. in Cr) |
Central Assistance (Rs. in Cr)
|
| Chhattisgarh | 80 | 10,079 | 312.62 | 151.19 |
| Gujarat | 114 | 20,903 | 1,316.04 | 273.43 |
| Jharkhand | 18 | 8,674 | 323.64 | 128.61 |
| Karnataka | 62 | 5,021 | 186.49 | 75.32 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19 | 8,314 | 319.97 | 124.71 |
| Punjab | 90 | 10,332 | 318.02 | 154.98 |
| Rajasthan | 34 | 2,822 | 55.50 | 42.33 |
| Tamil Nadu | 158 | 26,709 | 939 | 400.64 |
| Uttarakhand | 33 | 2,501 | 93.5 | 37.52 |
| West Bengal | 22 | 27,746 | 1,123.16 | 416.19 |
|
Total
|
630
|
1,23,101
|
4,987.93
|
1,804.90
|
All the poor and deprived people belonging to various sections of the society can now apply online by filling Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Online Application Form. Central govt. has sanctioned 1,23,101 more affordable houses in CSMC 47th Meeting held on 25 September 2019.
The Central Government has committed Rs. 1.43 lakh crore of which Rs. 57,758 crore has already been released. More than 52 lakh houses have been grounded for construction and construction of more than 27 lakh houses has been completed & handed over to PMAY-U beneficiaries.
Total sanctions under CLSS has crossed 7 lakhs of which 2 lakhs are MIGs & 5 lakhs are EWS / LIGs. After subsuming projects of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) Scheme, the total number of houses sanctioned for urban poor under PM Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) is now more than 90 lakh.
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