Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh also fare well in delivery of affordable homes to urban poor. Among UTs, Delhi tops with 27,308 houses while Andaman & Nicobar is at bottom with 45.
Hasina Fakhroo's home, built under PMAY in November 2021, was demolished following Ram Navami clashes in April. District administration says house stood on encroached govt land.
PM Modi handed over 3,024 EWS flats in Kalkaji Extension last week as part of DDA project to rehabilitate residents of 376 slum clusters under PMAY housing-for-all scheme.
PMAY is an excellent first step to put mechanisms in place for directly reaching the beneficiaries but it has to evolve so it stays relevant and can be scaled up going ahead.
According to CBI, DHFL created 2.60 lakh fake accounts and disbursed home loans worth Rs 14,046 cr between 2007-2019 to avail interest subsidy under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
AAP govt has in its 5 yrs refused to implement key central schemes such as Ayushman Bharat & PMAY — a tactic, experts say, allows it to play up its own achievements.
Several Mizoram residents received letters over ‘pucca’ house from Modi government last month, without getting funds. State says no timeline for disbursement.
PMAY-G uses Socio Economic Caste Census data – which brings in exhaustive parameters of deprivation – to ensure improved beneficiary targeting process.
President Kovind said women are being given priority in the registration of houses being built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in the rural areas.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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