The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is a “roaring success” and the government’s aim of housing for all by 2022 will be achieved, urban development minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today rejecting in the Lok Sabha a Congress member’s claim of the scheme being a failure.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna :
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) is an initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor. The government has identified 305 cities and towns have been identified in 9 states for beginning construction of houses for urban poor.
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana was launched in June 2015 with an aim to provide affordable housing to urban poor.
The houses given under this scheme will be owned by females or jointly with males.
Conditions for PMAY :
Beneficiary max age 70 years. EWS(Economic Weaker Section) annual income Less than Rupees 3 Lac. LIG(Lower Income Group) Annual Income 3,00,001 to 6,00,000 Lac INR The beneficiary should not have an own dwelling unit on the name of any family member in any part of India.
Housing for all :
“We expect every citizen to have a home by 2022,” he told the House while answering supplementaries during the Question Hour.
Based on the feedback from states, the figure for the shortfall of houses in the urban area has been revised down to 11 million by his ministry from earlier 18 million, he said, adding that over 37.45 lakh houses have been sanctioned.
Pralhad Joshi (BJP) spoke about building of only 38,000 houses in Karnataka, a state he hails from, against a sanction of 3.3 lakh and wanted to know what the ministry was doing.
Puri said he had been supervising works in all states and has been speaking to various state governments.
He also said his ministry had amended the guidelines of the scheme to increase coverage area under it.