Rural
Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today virtually interacted
with Rural Development Ministers and officials of the States on the
occasion of “Awaas Diwas” celebration. During the interaction, Mr Tomar
mentioned that Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana -Gramin isn't
only credited with the task of providing houses to beneficiaries, but
it also serves in protecting the dignity of the households.
He said,
Awaas Diwas is not just a day to celebrate a scheme, but a day to
connect with crores of rural households, who have been greatly benefited
by this scheme.
The Rural Housing Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas
Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on 20th of November 2016 at Agra, Uttar Pradesh. To commemorate the
launch of PMAY-G, which aims to supply “Housing for All” by 2022, it had been decided to celebrate 20th November per annum as Awaas Diwas.
The program envisages the completion of two .95
crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022. In the first
phase of the scheme from 2016-17 to 2018-19, a target for construction
of one crore pucca houses were set. In the second phase of the scheme
starting from 2019-20 to 2021-22, the target of construction of the
remaining 1.95 crore houses has been set. So far 1.75 Crore PMAY-G
houses are sanctioned and 1.20 crore houses are completed against the allocated cumulative target of two .26 crore houses.
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