The Centre on Thursday said that nearly 55,000 houses are already completed and approximately 10 lakhs are at the advanced stages of completion under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin). The Rural Development Ministry said, in partnership with the State Governments, the challenge of completing 51 lakh Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) homes by March, 2018 is appearing possible. It said, already over 33 lakh houses are at different levels of construction and the remaining 18 lakh are also in the process of starting work after due approvals. <br/><br/>The Ministry said, states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand have done very well. It said, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Assam have been requested to further speed up the pace of construction. These are the major States that account for 85% of the need based construction of houses for deprived households.