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New Delhi: Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Friday approved the construction of about 10.28 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking the total number of houses authorized so far under the plan to 1.06 crore. This  decision was taken by a meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under PMAY (Urban). This meeting was held at the presence of 19 states and Union Territories.

This was the first CSMC meeting attended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra stated that by the end of this year, they should work towards reaching the target of constructing 60 lakh houses while 80 lakh houses should be grounded for establishment, this statement by the ministry said.

It is sure that about 67 lakh houses are currently grounded for construction and more than 35 lakh have so far been completed and settled,

The ministry department said the total number of authorized houses under PMAY(U) is now 1.06 crore as against demand of 1.12 crore.

These houses are offered to be established across beneficiary-led construction and this housing in partnership verticals under PMAY(U) at an affordable price.

In this meeting, states also put in their offers for emendation of projects due to various issues such as land, topographical hazards, inter-city migration, change of preferences of verticals and fatality of lives, among others.

The ministry department said the total investment under the PMAY (U) is Rs 6.31 lakh crore which has central assistance of Rs 1.67 lakh crore of which Rs 72,646 crore has been passed.

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