A total of over 3.52 lakh houses under Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) and Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) components of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0) was sanctioned.
About PMAY-U 2.0 (Housing for All Mission)
- Objective: Provides Central Assistance to eligible beneficiaries/households/ implementing agencies through States/Union Territories (UTs)/Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs) to construct, purchase or rent a house at an affordable cost.
- Supports construction of houses with a minimum of 30 square meter (sqm) carpet area along with basic civic amenities and social infrastructure.
- Duration: 5 years (starting from 01.09.2024)
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) [Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS) component is implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.]
- Implementation: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
- Eligibility: Families belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)/Low Income Group (LIG)/Middle Income Group (MIG) in urban areas, having no pucca house.
- Preference to Widows, single women, Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Transgenders, persons from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, etc.
Significance of the scheme
- Women Empowerment: More than 2.67 lakh houses sanctioned for the women alone, including single women and widows.
- Promoting inclusiveness: Around 80k houses for Scheduled Castes, 15k for Scheduled Tribes, 90 houses for transgenders have been sanctioned.
