Construction of houses under PMAY-Gramin sees nearly 200% jump in last four years

According to the data recently made available by the Ministry of Rural Development, construction of houses under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (Gramin) has seen a jump of nearly 200% in the last four years.

In the financial year 2014-15, a total of 11.91 lakh houses were completed. As of March 21, 2018, 34 lakh houses have been constructed under PMAY-G.

Over 47.21 lakh PMAY (G) houses are at an advanced stage of completion while first instalment of 60 lakh houses has already been released and work is in progress.

Assam and Bihar have one of the highest numbers of incomplete houses. “Bihar had the problem of availability of sand for many months,” the ministry said in a release.

The government aims to complete construction of one crore houses under PMAY-Gramin by March 2019.

Source- ET Realty