Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban has Sanctioned 1.23 Crore Houses

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) has sanctioned 1.23 crore houses and emerged as one of the largest housing schemes in the world, said Union minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep S Puri on 20 October, 2022.
Addressing the felicitation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) Awards 2021, the minister said the number of houses sanctioned is almost nine times of the number achieved during 2004-2014. “64 lakh houses have already been completed and delivered. The balance is at various stage of completion.”

“In June 2015, under the vision and leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the flagship mission of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) launched earlier, laid the foundation for the most comprehensive, planned urbanization undertaken anywhere in the world,” he said.