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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicPMAY-G

Topic: PMAY-G

37% of landless PMAY-Gramin beneficiaries yet to get a house, parliamentary panel says

The Centre, in 2016, sanctioned 5.73L houses for landless people in rural areas under PMAY-G. But many beneficiaries, especially in TN, Odisha, Maharashtra & Bihar, do not have land yet for house.

88% of sanctioned PMAY-G houses ready so far, several states & UTs yet to achieve half of target

With scheme ending on 31 March, states and UTs have been asked to expedite work. Laggards include Andhra Pradesh and some northeastern states.

Focus on rural India, women, SC/STs — Budget 2020 fits into Modi govt’s welfare plank

The Ministry of Rural Development has been allocated Rs 1,22,000 cr, with a mammoth share — Rs 61,500 cr — going to the MGNREGA.

Affordable housing gets another boost as Budget again cuts loan interest

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an additional interest deduction on housing loans, and proposed coming up with a law for rental housing.

Less than 25% of ‘landless’ have benefitted from Modi’s rural housing scheme so far

PMAY-G, which aims at housing for all, was a key priority for the first Modi government. So far, only 21.9% of the identified landless beneficiaries have been provided land.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.