Uttar Pradesh gets 41,173 more houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

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NEW DELHI (INDIA): Affordable housing in urban areas is gaining momentum in Uttar Pradesh with the State getting 41,173 more houses sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has sanctioned 2,17,900 more houses for six States including Uttar Pradesh taking the total houses sanctioned so far to 26,13,568 with a total investment of 1,39,621 cr. Central assistance of 40,597 cr has been approved for construction of these houses.

In the latest sanctions, Andhra Pradesh has got 1,20,894 more affordable houses followed by Uttar Pradesh-41,173, Assam-16,700, Gujarat-15,222, Jharkhand-14,017 and Maharashtra-9,894.

Andhra Pradesh is far ahead of others in sanctions under PMAY(Urban) accounting for 20.71% of all the houses sanctioned so far.

Details of top ten States in respect of number of sanctioned houses under PMAY (Urban) are:

S.No State No of affordable

Houses sanctioned

Total investment

Approved (Rs. Cr)

Central

Assistance

Approved

(Rs. Cr)

1 Andhra Pradesh 5,41,300 31,056 8,138
2 Tamil Nadu 3,35,039 11,987 5,090
3 Madhya Pradesh 2,87,101 19,502 4,415
4 Karnataka 2,03,260   9,282 3,345
5 Gujarat 1,72,816 11,497 2,493
6 West Bengal 1,44,904   5,920 2,186
7 Maharashtra 1,44,165 15,868 2,244
8 Uttar Pradesh 1,20,028   4,767 1,959
9 Jharkhand    95,742   3,561 1,474
10 Bihar    88,375   3,915 1,454

 

These 10 States account for 82% of the total 26,13,568 houses so far sanctioned under PMAY(Urban).

With the latest sanctions, of the  36 States and Union Territories, all  except Delhi, Chandigarh, Goa and Lakshadweep have got houses sanctioned under PMAY(Urban).