Rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan set to allocate 821,000 houses in MP

New Delhi: Rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will on Wednesday allocate about 821,000 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) for beneficiaries in Madhya Pradesh.

About ₹3,726 crore in central assistance has been released to the state so far this fiscal to ensure swift disbursement of the first installment to beneficiaries to start house construction, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. "Upon timely utilisation, an additional ₹4,934 crore may be released within the fiscal year," it added.

In August last year, the Cabinet had approved ₹3.06 lakh crore to build 30 million houses across the country over five years.