The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the proposal for 60,000 houses across five states. The announcement of building houses in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan was made at the 58th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The meeting was chaired by Manoj Joshi, secretary at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). At the meeting, issues pertaining to grounding and constructions of houses in different states under different verticals of PMAY(U) were also discussed.
Currently, 114.04 houses have been sanctioned under PMAY(U), out of which 93.25 lakh houses have been grounded for construction and around 54.78 Lakh have been built and delivered to the beneficiaries, according to the ministry.
The total investment in the mission is projected Rs 7.52 lakh crore, with central assistance of Rs 1.87 lakh crore. The ministry said that central assistance amounting to Rs 1.21 lakh crore has already been released.
