The extension gives more time to states to complete pending affordable housing projects under the 'Housing for All' mission
The Maharashtra government will give an additional subsidy of Rs 50,000 for homes in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, which will take the total funding to Rs 2.1 lakh per household, state minister Jayakumar Gore said on Sunday. The state rural development minister said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has approved decision and provision for the subsidy has been made in the budget for 2025-26. Speaking in Dharashiv, he said, "The state government has decided to provide Rs 50,000 as an additional subsidy for the beneficiaries of PM awas yojana. With this, total financial support for a beneficiary would reach up to Rs 2.1 lakh. The state government will bear the cost of this additional subsidy." Gore also highlighted the government's commitment to complete 20 lakh housing units within a year, asserting that many individuals will soon see their dream to own homes realised. "The first tranche for 10 lakh housing units was distributed yesterday in the presence of Union .
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Saturday that no houses would be sanctioned by the Centre if the Congress government in Telangana undertook housing for the poor in the name of 'Indiramma'. He said that if the photo of PM Narendra Modi is not included on PDS ration cards and housing scheme documents, a plan would be devised for the central government to directly provide housing and ration cards to the poor. Speaking at an event in Karimnagar, where Corporation Mayor Sunil Rao and others joined the BJP, the Union MoS (Home) said the Modi government is ready to sanction houses to Telangana under the PM Awas Yojana in the upcoming allotment. However, if the Congress government tries to engage in 'gambling' under the name of the 'Indiramma' scheme (named after former PM Indira Gandhi), the Centre will not sanction even a single house, said Sanjay Kumar. He said that photos of CM A Revanth Reddy and Indira Gandhi are displayed on the ration cards, even though PDS rice and other
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said that as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for housing for all, four crore poor people have been provided permanent houses in the country so far. Referring to an old survey in Madhya Pradesh, he said that permanent houses are to be provided to 16 lakh beneficiaries and the state has got 8.5 lakh new houses as of now. After this, a survey will be conducted again and the government will ensure that no poor will remain without a permanent house, he asserted. The resolution of providing permanent housing to every poor in Madhya Pradesh will be fulfilled as desired by the prime minister, he said. The chief minister was speaking at an event in Vidisha where he symbolically performed griha pravesh' of the beneficiaries as part of a scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)'. Union Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare and Rural Development Minister and Vidisha MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present. Besides ..
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday reviewed the capex plan of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and emphasized on the need for timely and efficient utilisation of these funds. A key focus of the discussions during the meeting was the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme, which plays a crucial role in providing affordable housing. "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman underscored the importance of accelerating progress under this scheme to meet the housing needs of urban India," the finance ministry said in a post on X. This meeting was part of a series of ongoing reviews with Ministries and Departments that have significant capex allocations in the Union Budget. For the financial year 2024-25, a budgetary allocation of Rs 28,628 crore has been earmarked for capital expenditure. During the meeting, the Finance Minister emphasized the need for timely and efficient utilisation of these funds, the ministry said. Sitharaman also impressed upon the officials
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Rs 10 trn committed in the next five years to address housing in urban and rural areas
According to the minister, 173,350 houses have been sanctioned to Christians, followed by Sikh - 49,670 houses, Buddhist - 19,707, Jainism - 10,457, and Zoroastrianism - 1,127
Jobs, skills and innovation should be the focal point
The Union Budget 2024 is expected to be announced in the third week of July. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to hold pre-budget meeting on June 20
This comes when the affordable housing sector has been struggling due to higher demand for bigger, costlier homes in India
Government data shows that so far, some 122,000 real estate projects have been registered under Rera, with over 121,000 consumer grievances addressed nationwide
Housing has been a pressing issue for a significant portion of Delhi's 20 million inhabitants. The issue flared up when the DDA razed nearly 10 slums in first half of 2023, in the run-up to G2 Summit
In the proposed expansion of the housing scheme, self-employed individuals, shopkeepers, and small traders are likely to be included
At the BS IML Conclave 2024, LIC Housing Finance CEO T Adhikari said that one size fits all scheme doesn't work in affordable housing
PMAY-U is a demand-driven scheme and the Government of India has not fixed any target for financial year-wise sanctioning of houses under the scheme
Sai took the oath of office and secrecy as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday handed over keys of houses built on land freed from the "illegal" possession of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to 76 beneficiaries. Ahmad along with his brother Ashraf was shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists during a media interaction in April. Addressing the event, Adityanath said the previous government stood with the mafia when it came to freeing the land of the poor. "I will ask all the development authorities to build houses for the poor on the land freed from the mafia so that the poor can get shelter and their faith in the government will increase," he said. Adityanath said 54 lakh poor people in the state have been allotted houses under PMAY in the past six years and 10 lakh more houses will be allotted soon. "Six years ago, not a single poor person used to get a house under this scheme. The poor did not get houses because the state
The Union Ministry of Rural Development forwarded a communique to the West Bengal state secretariat on Wednesday, intimating the latter that a 10-member field inspection team to review allegations