PMAY
- U – GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News:
Parliament proceedings |
75.51 lakh houses completed under PMAY-U
What's
in the news?
●
A total of 75.51 lakh houses have been
completed out of which 71.39 lakh have been occupied till now under the Prime
Ministers’ Awas Yojana (PMAY-U), the Centre’s flagship programme to provide
housing to the urban poor.
Key
takeaways:
●
Uttar Pradesh had the largest number of
houses completed at 12,87,307, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardip
Singh Puri informed the Rajya Sabha.
Central
Fund and Assistance:
●
The Minister said that under PMAY-U, the
Centre has released ₹1.48 lakh crore assistance to State governments.
●
The central assistance is released to
States or Union Territories in 3 instalments of 40%, 40% and 20%.
●
The release of central assistance is
incumbent upon the fulfilment of mandatory compliances by the concerned States
and UTs. This includes
○
The submission of Utilization Certificates
(UCs) for central assistance released earlier.
○
Commensurate physical progress.
○
Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries in the
Management Information System (MIS).
●
Accordingly, States and UTs have been
advised to expedite to complete all sanctioned houses within the extended
mission period.
Go
back to basics:
PMAY-U:
●
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban
(PMAY-U) is a flagship Mission of the Government launched in 2015.
Implemented
by
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
Aim:
●
To address the urban housing shortage
among the economically backward sections
including the slum dwellers by ensuring a ‘pucca’ house to all eligible urban
households by the year 2022.
●
The scheme period though now has been
extended up to December 2024 in order to complete all the houses sanctioned
without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.
Further
Reference - PMAY - U