Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that over one crore 22 lakh houses have been sanctioned till March this year under the Pradhana Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, Housing for All Mission. Out of these, the Minister informed that 61 lakh houses have been handed over to the beneficieries in different states while the rest of them have been grounded.
Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha today, Mr Puri said, the Central assistance has been extended for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban beneficiaries including homeless people. The Minister informed, about 41 lakh houses of the total have been sanctioned during the last two years. He highlighted six advanced and latest building technologies have also been adopted for the housing for all mission.
