PM Awas Yojana

'Technology' mentioned 44 times in the joint statement, up from five in 2020

Experts and key players hail announcements but lament that many of their other expectations remained unfulfilled

The Bengal government has written to the Centre demanding immediate release of funds under the PM Awas Yojana (PMAY), underlining that the state will fail to meet its March 31 deadline for building 11 lakh houses, if there is any further delay, a senior official said. The letter, sent by the state on Monday, is a reply to the Union Ministry of Rural Development's 493-page communication, seeking details of expenses made as part of the scheme, the official said. Notably, the BJP-led central government has been sending inspection teams to Bengal to examine the allegations of corruption in the implementation of PMAY. The state, in the letter, has clarified that it has already answered all the queries of the Centre, and sought pending funds at the earliest. "It has been mentioned in the letter that the state, despite severe financial crisis, has borned 40 per cent of expensed under the Awas Yojana scheme. The letter has also stated that it will not be possible to complete the work to bu

HUA Secretary Manoj Joshi urged states and union territories to expedite construction work in their respective regions to fulfil the target of 'Housing for All'

"The country's poverty has come down from 22% to less than 10% in the last eight years. The extreme poverty rate has remained stable at less than one per cent, at 0.8%," J.P. Nadda, BJP chief had said

The chief minister said that of the 12,000 beneficiaries in Jorhat district, 4,000 belong to tea garden communities

TMC has outlined counter-campaign against BJP claiming that West Bengal's dues under the PM Awas Yojana should not be released as the state government is running the same scheme under a different name

'It was astonishing that the Government of India is not releasing funds to Bengal for MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana; you are aware that MGNREGA forms an important part of livelihood of rural people'

PM Narendra Modi on Friday announced the completion of 3 crore 'pucca' houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for the poor and said that the houses have also become "symbol of women empowerment"

The Central government informed that 1.75 crore houses have been completed under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G)

The Finance Minister further stated that the central government will work with state government for reduction of time required for all land and construction related approvals

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday stated that the Centre has sanctioned 17.3 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and over 8.8 lakh beneficiaries have been given houses so far

This is over and above Rs 8,000 crore already provided this year

Nainital BJP MP Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday said around 90,000 applicants in Uttarakhand are yet to get its benefit in the absence of a target set by the Centre for states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 175,000 houses built in Madhya Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural)

Narendra Modi will on September 12 take part in a virtual house-warming ceremony for 200,000 houses constructed in the rural parts of Madhya Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna

The Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme will reduce your outstanding loan amount, and hence EMIs, right from the start of the loan tenure

The decision is likely to benefit more people in tier three and four cities as housing cost is much lower there

Under the PMAY-U, the Centre aims to provide houses to all the urban poor by 2022

MoS says housing loans so far disbursed by banks benefited about 1,200 people