Tag: PMAY

Desperate BJP’s last-ditch bid to corners Baghel govt on PMAY

The Saffron party laid siege to the state assembly today demanding immediate implementation of the Central government’s housing scheme in the state.

March 15, 2023

Central team quizzes PMAY beneficiaries

They talked to a number of 'deprived' villagers who allegedly were denied houses and were agitating.

January 19, 2023

BJP leaders took money from PMAY despite having houses: CM

Mamata said that the state government investigated and cancelled 17 lakh applications

January 6, 2023

Among houses bulldozed in MP’s Khargone, one was built under PMAY

Documents with the family show that the house on Birla Marg was registered in the name of Hasina Fakhroo following the death of her husband

April 13, 2022

Increase tax benefits for home buyers to boost demand in real estate sector: CII

The industry chamber said that the real estate segment need more liquidity support and steps to boost demand.

January 23, 2020

Fani razes house, Odisha family makes Swachh Bharat toilet his home

Homeless Khirod Jena (58), a landless daily wage earner in Raghudeipur village of Kendrapara district, has been living in the 7 feet x 6 feet Swachh Bharat toilet along with his wife and two daughters

May 18, 2019

Sanction 5 lakh PMAY houses for cyclone-hit areas as special case: Odisha CM to Centre

Naveen Patnaik has said Centre should sanction the 5 lakh houses on a Centre-state fund-sharing pattern of 90: 10 as a special case for the cyclone-hit areas of Odisha

May 13, 2019

‘Polls will empower local bodies in J’K’

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the current municipal and panchayat elections in Jammu & Kashmir will re-establish the long overdue grassroots level democracy in the state. Ruling out any impact of some parties’ boycott of the polls, he said the Centre is providing all possible support to the state government for smooth...

September 29, 2018

Man killed in Bihar for raising voice against corruption

The police have lodged a case against nine accused including Fida based on the statement of family members of Neyazuddin. 

September 19, 2018

Govt ensuring home for all by 2022: PM Modi to Awas Yojana beneficiaries

This is the third in the series of video bridge interactions by the Prime Minister with various beneficiaries of government schemes.

June 5, 2018

4 MP dists top in PMAY implementation

The Gwalior-Chambal division of Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first four positions in achieving the target for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna (PMAY) – Gramin. A list released by the Union Rural Development Ministry said Datia topped while the second, third and fourth places have been secured by Gwalior, Bhind and Morena districts respectively....

March 28, 2018

‘PMAY benefiaciries deprived from benefits’

No construction, no plot of homestead land and yet lakhs of rupees have been disbursed to beneficiaries for having built dwelling units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). It is all on pen and paper and fake photographs have been produced to avail the money alleged a few sarpanches and PRI members of Naugaon...

March 22, 2018

Increase in MSP can raise issues, says principal finance secy

Principal Finance Secretary Mr Tuhinkant Pandey said that the increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) as announced in the Union Budget will raise several issues and challenges at the implementation stage. Every economist knows that MSP and Inflation highly co-related and any increase in MSP will eventually result into price hike in agricultural products, he...

February 9, 2018

Gujarat constructed most houses for urban poor

Gujarat has constructed the most number of houses for the urban poor under the Centre’s flagship housing scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)’ in the country, official data shows. As many as 54,474 houses have been constructed in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, since 2014-15 under the scheme. This accounts for 18.70 percent...

December 23, 2017

Centre extends PMAY subsidy benefit to MIG by 15 months

The Centre has given a 15-month extension in benefit of interest subsidy of Rs 2.60 lakh on home loans under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for middle-income group (MIG) beneficiaries beyond December, a top official said on Friday. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his...

September 22, 2017