New Delhi: The Government of India has been implementing the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana since 2015-16 to provide assistance to eligible rural and urban households for constructing houses with basic amenities. Under PMAY, a total of 4.21 crore houses have been completed for eligible poor families under the housing schemes in the last 10 years.

All the houses constructed under PMAY are provided with other basic amenities such as household toilets, LPG connections, electricity connections, functional household tap connections, etc., through convergence with other schemes of the Central Government and State Governments.

It was decided in the Cabinet meeting on June 10, 2024, to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for constructing houses to meet the housing requirements arising from the increase in the number of eligible families. /BI