Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 1 lakh 5 hundred 37 more houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, PMAY (Urban) with an investment of 4,200 crore rupees taking the total investment so far approved to 1 lakh 4 hundred 66 crore rupees. <br/><br/>It is 307 per cent more than the investment approved of 32 thousand 7 hundred 13 crore rupees during 2004 to 2014 for affordable housing in urban areas. In an official release, the Ministry of Urban Development said, with the latest sanctions, it has so far approved construction of 18 lakh 75 thousand 389 houses for Economically Weaker Sections under PMAY in 2 thousand 151 cities and towns in 34 States and Union Territories. <br/><br/>It is against 13.80 lakh houses sanctioned during 2004 to 2015. The total investment approved so far includes central assistance of 29 thousand 409 crore rupees, assistance from State Governments and beneficiary contribution. <br/> <br/>In the latest sanctions, Madhya Pradesh got 57 thousand 131 houses, Tamil Nadu got 24 thousand 576, Manipur 6 thousand 231, Chattisgarh 4 thousand 898, Gujarat 4 thousand 261, Assam 2 thousand 389, Kerala 6 hundred 43, Jharkhand 3 hundred 31 and Daman and Diu 77 houses.<br/> <br/>With total houses sanctioned of 2 lakh 66 thousand 842, Madhya Pradesh has emerged the leader for the first time in approvals under PMAY (Urban) with a total investment of 18 thousand 283 crore rupees. Tamil Nadu is second with 2 lakh 52 thousand 532 houses with a total project cost of 9 thousand 112 crore rupees. <br/><br/>Of the total houses so far sanctioned, 10 lakh 65 thousand 58 were under the Beneficiary Led Construction component of PMAY(Urban) wherein beneficiaries undertake new construction or enhancement of existing houses for which central assistance of 1.50 lakh rupees each is provided. <br/><br/>5 lakh 87 thousand 115 houses have been sanctioned under Affordable Housing in Partnership under which state governments provide land or financial assistance for housing projects for which central assistance of 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees each is given per beneficiary.