Centre confident of building 4.4 mn new houses in rural areas by Dec 2017

In total 1.33 crore houses to be built by March 2019, including uncompleted houses from old scheme

The ministry of rural development today claimed that it has constructed almost 2.2 million houses in rural areas under the Indira Awas Yojana till January 28, the highest in last five years and is confident of building almost 4.4 million absolutely new homes under the revamped Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by December 2017.

In total, the ministry said that altogether one crore 33 lakh houses will be completed in three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 which also includes 3.3 million uncompleted houses under the old Indira Awas Yojana (IAY).

Under the Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) beneficiaries used to get one-time grant of