Under PMAY-Urban construction of 3.61 lakh houses approved

In the 56th meeting of CSMC, approval was agreed to. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Durga Shanker Mishra, secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The construction of PMAY-Urban houses is in numerous phases.

Under the Affordable Housing Partnership, Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC) and In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) verticals of PMAY-Urban the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) has approved the building of 3.61 lakh houses from 17 states/union territories (UTs).

In the 56th meeting of CSMC, approval was agreed to. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Durga Shanker Mishra, secretary of, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

The matters related to construction of houses under the mission were put forward by Mishra and he ordered them to settle the problems without holdup so that the construction of houses can be accelerated.

Under the mission, the total number of authorized is now 1.14 crore; of which more than 89 lakh have been grounded for construction and 52.5 lakh have been finalized and provided to the beneficiaries.

Rs 7.53 lakh crore is the total investment of the mission out of which central assistance Rs 1.85 lakh crore.  Funds of Rs 1.13 lakh crore have already been disclosed so far.

The CSMC also accorded authorization for revision of projects from 14 states/UTs translating into 3.74 lakh houses.