6.18 lakh rural houses sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh under PMAY-G

NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved 6,18,482 pucca houses (permanent houses) for Uttar Pradesh under the new phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), in a push for rural housing in the state. Union minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed over the formal approval letter to chief minister Yogi Adityanath at a high-level review meeting held at Yojana Bhavan, Lucknow, on Thursday. New phase targets two crore houses nationwideThe sanction is part of PMAY-G's new phase covering 2024–25 to 2028–29, under which the Centre has set a target of constructing an additional two crore pucca houses across the country.

Uttar Pradesh has been allocated 6,18,482 houses out of this national target, paving the way for permanent housing to be provided to lakhs of poor rural families in a phased manner.

Eligible families identified

Chouhan said the survey of rural households in Uttar Pradesh has been completed and eligible poor families currently living in temporary or semi-permanent kutcha houses have been identified. The focus now shifts providing priority housing to these families under PMAY-G and accelerating the 'Housing for All' mission on the ground.

The minister assured the Centre's full financial and technical support for implementation. He added that transparency and technology-based monitoring would be central to the programme, emphasizing quality control and the inclusion of every eligible beneficiary.

Coordinated push from Centre, state

The review meeting was also attended by deputy chief minister and rural development minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, along with senior officials from Union and Uttar Pradesh departments of Rural Development.

Presentations on scheme progress and the ground situation were made during the meeting.Chouhan said the housing approval is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision that no poor family should remain without a pucca house. “The Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government are working with a common goal — making Uttar Pradesh a national model for rural development,” he said.