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Govt to achieve housing for all two years ahead of 2022 target: Hardeep Singh
Aug-21-2019

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government is set to achieve its target of providing housing for all in 2020 itself, two years before its stated deadline of 2022. The Minister said under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (urban), 24 lakh houses have so far been handed over to beneficiaries and the number will soon reach 50 lakh. There are 48 lakh houses which are currently grounded, but this number will also rise to 75 lakh.

Puri said the government had decided to build one crore houses by 2022.  It has already sanctioned around 84 lakh houses and  adding that by the end of this year, the entire one crore houses will be sanctioned. He said ‘we have also received additional assessment demand of constructing 12 lakh more houses...the target of 2022 will be achieved in early 2020.’

Besides, the enactment of real estate law -- RERA, builder-politician nexus has been broken, and that home-buyers will no longer be at the mercy of anyone. The government has identified 16 technologies under the scheme. The government has launched 'Global Housing Technology Challenge', which aims to identify and mainstream a basket of new and innovative technologies from across the globe, which are sustainable, green, and disaster-resilient.

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