The Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved construction of another 1.5 lakh affordable houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for benefit of urban poor.
The decision in this regard was taken at 34th meeting of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee.
PMAY(U) aims to provide houses to all poor in urban areas by 2022. Its objective is to construct two crore houses across nation.
Intended beneficiaries of the scheme are Poor people (BPL) and People living under Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and LIG (Low Income Group) categories in urban establishments of the country.