PM Narendra Modi on PMAY: Govt working to ensure a home for every Indian by 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the government is working to ensure a home for every Indian by 2022 - the 75th year of Indian independence.

"The NDA Government is giving great importance to the housing sector. We are working towards ensuring that every Indian has a home by 2022, when India marks 75 years since Independence," said Modi in an address to the public via NaMo app.

While detailing various aspects of the housing scheme of the government, Modi also seized upon the chance to slam previous governments at the Centre for not doing enough for the poor.


"Every human desires his or her own house. A person becomes much happier when he or she has a house. The Awas Yojana is not merely about brick and mortar. It is about a better quality of life and dreams coming true," he said.

Modi said that the government has been working to free the housing sector from middlemen, corruption and ensuring that the beneficiaries get their own home without hassles.

"The housing sector is being invigorated with latest technology. This is enabling faster construction of affordable houses for the poor in towns and village," he further said.

He said that the focus of PMAY is to ensure more women, Divyang sisters and brothers, people from SC, ST, OBC and Minority communities get access to housing.

"Due to PMAY, there are employment opportunities being created for people. At the same time, we are working on skill development to enable faster and better quality construction of the houses," the prime minister claimed.