New Delhi: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has sanctioned 4,849 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the ministry told reporters here while reviewing the scheme of the government.
The ministry also said that it has approved construction of another 1.5 lakh affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under the scheme across the country. The approval was given at the 34th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held here Wednesday. Citing the statistics on the success of the scheme, the ministry said that many beneficiaries from Odisha also received the central assistance under the scheme.
A release from the ministry said, “Odisha has been sanctioned 4,849 houses in 20 cities and towns with an investment of Rs 146 crore with central assistance of Rs 73 crore.”
The scheme was planned to be implemented during 2015-22 which would provide central assistance to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other implementing agencies through states/UTs for in-situ rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land as a resource through private participation, credit linked subsidy, affordable housing in partnership and subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancement.