New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, in its meeting today, has decided to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), to meet the housing requirements arising out of the increase in the number of eligible families.
This annoncement came in the first meeting of the Union Cabinet of Modi 3.0 government attended by ministers of all allies of the NDA.
Notably, the Govt of India has been implementing PMAY since 2015-16 to assist eligible rural and urban households in the construction of houses with basic amenities.
Under PMAY, a total of 4.21 Crore houses have been completed for eligible poor families under the housing schemes in the last 10 years.
All the houses constructed under PMAY are provided the other basic amenities such as Household Toilets, LPG connection, Electricity connection, Functional Household Tap Connection etc. through convergence with other schemes of the Central Government and State Governments.
