In our series on Seva Saptah, today we bring you a special story on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. In the last six years, Narendra Modi Government has given a lot of emphasis on providing housing for all with basic amenities. <br />”<br />”The government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to achieve the objective of Housing for all by the year 2022. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the restructured rural housing scheme, namely Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) on 20th November, 2016 from Agra with the target of construction of 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022.<br />” <br />”Addressing the Grih Pravesham event in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing on 12th of this month, Mr Modi said that notwithstanding the challenges during the Corona period, work of 18 lakh houses has been completed throughout the country under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana-Gramin.<br />” <br />”Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) was launched with an aim of providing housing for all in rural areas. The scheme was made more comprehensive as it included amenities like water, gas, toilet and electricity supply in all the households. Under the PMAY-G, houses are being constructed using new technologies. <br />”<br />”Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) was launched in 2015 with the objective of providing pucca house to all eligible beneficiaries of Urban India by 2022 with the vision of Housing for All. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has received a validated demand of about 1.12 crore houses under PMAY (U) and so far over one crore seven lakh houses have been sanctioned. <br />
News On AIR | September 22, 2020 8:41 AM | Seva Saptah | Special story on 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana'
Seva Saptah: Special story on ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’