Government sanction 5.1 mn houses under PMAY-U

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) conducted its 35th Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) meeting of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) Urban, where a total of 318,900 houses from six States/UTs were approved. With this, the PMAY (U) has approved more than 5.1 million dwelling units against the estimated demand of 10 million. As the scheme completed its third year of implementation, a significant milestone of more than 5.1 million houses approved has been achieved. This is a huge jump in comparison to old housing scheme where 1.24 million houses were approved in around nine years of its implementation.