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Context: The Union Government stated that 76.9% of total beneficiaries have been sanctioned houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana.

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• In order to achieve the target of “Housing for All”, the Union Government is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana.
• It aims to provide assistance to eligible rural households with an overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities by March, 2024.
• Out of the total target of 2.95 crore houses, a target of 2.62 crore (88.81% of total) houses has been allocated to the States/UTs, 2.27 crore (76.9% of total) beneficiaries have been sanctioned houses by the States/UTs.

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana:

• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in 2015.
• The Programme was initiated with the objective of ‘Housing for All by 2022’.
• Providing housing Facilities to rural poor and urban poor including slum dwellers
• Financial assistance provided to eligible beneficiaries for construction of pucca houses.
• The Center and States share the Cost of the houses made under the scheme.
• The mission has 2 Components: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).
• Aadhaar Card is mandatory to take benefit of the scheme.
• Economically weaker sections and Middle Income Groups are also eligible for Financial assistance under the Missions.
• Priority given to SCs, STs, OBSs, differently abled persons, senior citizens, Minority, single women, transgender and other Socio-economic weaker sections of the society.
• Houses made under the scheme would ensure basic facilities like salutation, tap water connection, etc.
• Under the scheme, the Government promoted Training to Rural Masons under Rural Mason Training (RMT) programme to make available a pool of trained rural masons for faster construction of quality houses.

Objectives of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

• To promote empowerment of citizens, as the Ownership of a house is one of the key indicators of socio-economic development.
• Ensuring Women empowerment through the Scheme, as the ownership of the house is provided in the name of a female member or joint ownership.
• To Promote Cooperative Federalism, Autonomy is given to States/UTs to decide the list of beneficiaries and adopt innovative methods to implement housing projects.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1806267

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