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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya participated as the chief guest in the two-day regional workshop and Prime Minister Housing Approval Letter distribution program organized under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural at Hotel Hyatt located in Gomti Nagar on Monday. Shri Maurya distributed the Prime Minister’s residence approval letters to Mrs. Sunita, Mrs. Ramkumari, Mrs. Jagrina, Shivkumari, Sridevi from Block Sidhiyanwa of Barabanki district along with Mrs. Jayanatha, Mrs. Sundarkali, Mrs. Suman and Mrs. Rajkumari from Block Islampur.
Shri Maurya said that under the Pradhan Mantri Shahri Awas Yojana, assistance up to Rs 2.5 lakh is provided to the eligible beneficiaries for house construction. In view of this, the Government of India has been requested to provide a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural, keeping in mind the geographical conditions and construction cost of the plains and hilly areas. This will help in reducing the gap between housing assistance received by beneficiaries in urban and rural areas. He said that it is the priority of the government to provide respectable, safe and convenient housing to poor families even in rural areas. Construction costs can be high in mountainous areas due to transportation of construction materials and other geographical difficulties, so increasing housing assistance will provide special benefits to needy families. The Deputy Chief Minister said that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural was started in the year 2016. The Prime Minister launched this scheme from Agra on 20 November 2016, Uttar Pradesh has so far received the allocation of about 43 lakh houses. Out of 36.56 lakh houses sanctioned till last year, construction of 36.40 lakh houses has been completed. Thus, the housing completion rate in the state is 99.55 percent. He said that the state has also made significant progress in works like providing lease to landless eligible beneficiaries, mason training, inspection through Area Officer App and social audit.
Shri Maurya said that in the financial year 2026-27, the Government of India has given a target of 6.18 lakh houses to Uttar Pradesh on the basis of Housing Plus Survey-2024. 39.21 lakh beneficiaries have been identified in the new survey. In view of the large number of eligible families, he requested to consider increasing the housing target to at least 10 lakh this year and increasing the assistance amount of ₹ 1.20 lakh per house as per the current construction cost. He also urged to include eligible families with partially pucca houses in the scope of the scheme and to provide funds for pending administrative items. Union Minister of State for Rural Development Mr. Kamlesh Paswan, State Minister of State for Rural Development Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Gautam, Principal Secretary Mr. Saurabh Babu, Commissioner Rural Development Mr. Pramod Kumar Upadhyay, Senior Economic Advisor to the Government of India Mr. Piyush Srivastava, Director Mr. Pawan Kumar and representatives of various states and senior officials of the Ministry of Rural Development were present in the program and representatives from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal also participated in the workshop.
