Attempting a major push helping the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the housing and urban affairs ministry has given the nod for the construction of 5,45,090 more affordable houses, official sources said that the decision was recently taken at the 29th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC). In the approval, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have got the nod for construction of 1,42,447 and 1,20,645 affordable houses, respectively, while Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh got 1,18,646 and 1,00,341 affordable housing units. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Arunachal Pradesh are some of the other States where the affordable houses have been sanctioned. In Uttar Pradesh — 1,02,047 houses, Madhya Pradesh — 90,333, Andhra Pradesh — 23,962, Jharkhand — 10,408 and in Karnataka — 8,742 houses will be built under the Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) component under which an eligible beneficiary is assisted to build a house on the land owned by the targeted beneficiary. They said adding that investment of Rs.31,003 crore has already been made with Central assistance worth Rs.8,107 crore.
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01 January 2018
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