Over Rs.one lakh cr investment approved for housing of urban poor

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 1,00,537 more houses for urban poor under Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.4,200 cr taking the total investment so far approved to Rs.1,00,466 cr. This is 307% more than the investment approved of Rs.32,713 cr during 2004-14 for affordable housing in urban areas.

With the latest sanctions, the Ministry has so far approved construction of 18,75,389 houses for Economically Weaker Sections under PMAY(Urban) in 2,151 cities and towns in 34 States/UTs as against 13.80 lakh houses sanctioned during 2004-15 with an approved investment of Rs.32,009 cr.

The total investment approved so far includes central assistance of Rs.29,409 cr, assistance from State Governments and beneficiary contribution.

In the latest sanctions, Madhya Pradesh got 57,131 houses, Tamil Nadu-24,576, Manipur-6,231, Chattisgarh-4,898, Gujarat-4,261, Assam-2,389, Kerala-643, Jharkhand-331 and Daman & Diu-77.

With total houses sanctioned of 2,66,842, Madhya Pradesh has emerged the leader for the first time in approvals under PMAY(Urban) with a total investment of Rs.18,283 cr. Tamil Nadu is second with 2,52,532 houses with a total project cost of Rs.9,112 cr.

Of the total houses so far sanctioned, 10,65,058 were under the Beneficiary Led Construction component of PMAY(Urban) wherein beneficiaries undertake new construction or enhancement of existing houses for which central assistance of Rs.1.50 lakh each is provided. 5,87,115 have been sanctioned under Affordable Housing in Partnership under which state governments provide land/financial assistance for housing projects for which central assistance of Rs.1.50 lakh each is given per beneficiary.

Details of houses sanctioned and project investments approved in major States are:

State No of affordable houses sanctionerd Investment approved
(Rs. cr)Madhya Pradesh 2,66,842 18,283Tamil Nadu 2,52,532 9,112Andhra Pradesh 1,95,047 10,697Gujarat 1,48,948 9,772Karnataka 1,46,548 6,288West Bengal 1,44,369 5,870Maharashtra 1,26,081 13,458Bihar 88,293 3,909Telangana 82,985 4,998Jharkhand 64,898 2,423Odisha 48,855 2,108Tripura 45,908 1,264Punjab 42,681 1,199 Rajasthan 37,856 2,646Chattisgarh 34,973 2,962Kerala 28,918 963Assam 26,742 801 Uttar Pradesh 20,682 1,056Manipur 15,979 414Nagaland 13,560 335Mizoram 10,459 219Uttarakhand 7,904 510Jammu & Kashmir 6,243 292Himachal Pradesh 4,890 222Haryana 4,299 338

Of the total houses sanctioned, construction has begun in respect of 6,89,829 and construction of 1,00,395 houses have been completed.

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