Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday handed over approval letters, sanctioning 6,18,482 pucca houses for the poor in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh under the new phase of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and extending the minimum support price (MSP) procurement for rabi crops to benefit farmers of the state, to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Union Minister Chouhan said the approval for rural houses is part of the new…
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New Delhi/Imphal, June 10 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his unwavering commitment to the development of the state, and said that the situation in Manipur has significantly improved due to the decisive interventions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the coordinated efforts of the Central and state governments. Addressing the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi, the Chief Minister said that with the strong ac…
Jammu, June 8 (IANS) The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has been instrumental in erecting pucca (concrete) houses for a large section of destitute population across the country, including in Jammu and Kashmir. The financial assistance provided under the scheme has motivated and helped people to move from mud and makeshift houses to the one of their dreams. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, Mohammad Akbar and his wife recall the difficult circumstances and hardships they went through while…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Several Central government schemes and projects that had been stalled in West Bengal since 2022 are being relaunched, Minister for Panchayats and Rural Development Dilip Ghosh announced this here on Thursday.Ghosh said that with the arrival of central funds, various rural development projects are now moving rapidly towards implementation.He expressed hope that this would inject fresh momentum into the sectors of employment generation, housing and rural infrastructure devel…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Union Rural Development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is set to launch the ‘Grih Pravesh’ of over five lakh completed houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) in Maharashtra’s Satara district on Friday. The Union Minister will also hand over house keys to six PMAY-G beneficiaries, including the beneficiary associated with the completion of the 3 croreth house under the scheme.The event, to be held at the Sainik School Ground in Satara, will als…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced approvals worth Rs 3,818 crore for Madhya Pradesh under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) schemes for the development of rural roads and housing for the poor.A sanction amounting to Rs 2,055 crore under the PMAY-G scheme was handed over to the Madhya Pradesh government in the pres…
Bhopal, May 10 (IANS) Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, announced a massive package of development projects in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, marking the “Silver Jubilee celebrations” of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Bherunda, Sehore district. The state received approvals worth Rs 1,763 crore under PMGSY-IV for rural roads, Rs 261.81 crore under PM-JANMAN projects, and Rs 2,055 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yo…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Central government has ruled out possibility of any disruption in the provision of wage employment to rural households under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) due to West Asian Conflict, an official statement said on Monday.Further, as a preparedness step for Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana–Gramin (PMAY-G), the government said it is prioritising timely Direct Benefit Transfers, real‑time monitoring through AwaasSoft, geo‑tagging…
Gandhinagar, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 38,949 newly constructed rural houses across Gujarat on March 31, in what officials describe as a significant expansion of housing access for low-income families under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin).The houses, built at an estimated cost of Rs 651 crore, have been completed across multiple districts for families who were previously houseless or living in kutcha structures.The scheme, aimed at improving rural livin…
Imphal, Feb 24 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has approved the construction of 5,000 new houses for the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), affected by ethnic violence in Manipur, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), officials said on Tuesday. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Imphal said that Chouhan approved the construction of the houses for IDPs affected by the prolonged law and order crisis …