Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is a credit-linked subsidy scheme by the Government of India to facilitate access to affordable housing for the low and moderate-income residents of the country. It envisaged a target of building 2 crore (20 million) affordable houses by 31 March 2022.[1][2] It has two components: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) for the urban poor and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin)[3] (PMAY-G and also PMAY-R) for the rural poor, the former administered by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the latter by Ministry of Rural Development.[4][5] This scheme converges with other schemes to ensure that houses have a toilet, Saubhagya Scheme for universal electricity connection, Ujjwala Yojana LPG connection, access to drinking water and Jan Dhan banking facilities, etc.[6]
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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) | |
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Country | India |
Prime Minister(s) | Narendra Modi |
Ministry | Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation |
Key people | Hardeep Singh Puri |
Launched | 25 June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-25) |
Status | Active |
Website | pmaymis |