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Tag: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)

21.97 Lakhs Houses Grounded against Sanction Of 40.65 Lakh :PMAY

[New Delhi]21.97 Lakhs Houses Grounded against 40.65 Lakh Houses:PMAY
Challenging press report published in The Times of India on 22nd Mar 2018 Govt says that The figure of “8% target met “was derived by using only the ‘houses completed data’ which is an incorrect application of statistics.
The progress of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) can be measured by the fact that as on date 40.65 lakh houses have been sanctioned out of which 18.47 lakh houses have been grounded while 3.5 lakh houses have been completed. Apart from this, out of those houses which remained incomplete till march 2014 and sanctioned under JNNURM, 1.7 lakh houses have been completed. Therefore, total number of houses which have been completed is 5.2lakhs.
Of the houses grounded for construction, 55% are at ground level, 12% at foundation and the rest are at various stages of completion.