PMAY will empower the poor, says Modi

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 12

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated 1.75 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY) in Madhya Pradesh. He said the scheme was meant to empower the poor, adding that the Centre’s drive for integrated development of villages and rural areas in the country would be intensified. The Prime Minister said under the PMAY, 18 lakh houses had been constructed in the country during the crisis period.

He also called for the need to strengthen the poor in order to end poverty.

“The speed with which these houses were constructed is a record. The construction of a house under the PMAY used to take an average of 125 days earlier. But during the Covid period, it came down to 45 to 60 days. This is an example of turning a crisis into an opportunity,” he said. “This has become possible as the migrants who returned home during the lockdown also joined the work and availed benefits of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, under which Rs 23,000 crore have been spent on infrastructure and other works,” he said.