Benefit of IT boom to be felt across many sectors: Anshul Saigal"If one listens to all the recent result calls, the five-year demand commentary for the sector that many of these discretionary consumption...
17 Aug, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
Pandemic derails construction under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana“Against the target of 2.02 crore houses allocated under the scheme till the financial year 2020-21, 1.50 crore houses or 75% have been com...
27 Jul, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
No proposal to increase amount provided under Awaas Yojana: Govt"We have recently restructured this scheme and we are providing upto Rs 1.5 lakh for construction of each house. There is no proposal to in...
28 Jun, 2019, 04.36 PM IST
No record of houses, Telangana told to return Rs 190 crThis comes after the K Chandrashekar Rao-ruled state has refused to update the Centre of its progress on implementing the scheme.
16 Oct, 2018, 09.19 AM IST
Centre to build 1 crore houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Grameen by 2019Fresher targets would be set till 2022 verification and finalisation of permanent wait lists, based on Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011...
30 Mar, 2017, 09.49 PM IST
Government targeting houses for 44 lakh people with power, water, LPGIt is estimated that about 60 per cent of beneficiaries for whom these houses will be constructed belong to SC and ST communities.
02 Jan, 2017, 10.28 PM IST
Maharashtra to create new ministry for welfare of VJNT OBCs and SBCsCabinet also decided to grant extension to individuals, companies and institutions who have been given government land on lease or ownershi...
27 Dec, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Scheme to construct 1 crore house in 3 years on: GovernmentUnder PMAY-G convergence with MGNREGS, it has been made mandatory in the form of 90-95 days of unskilled labour wages for construction of h...
17 Nov, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
With eyes set on next elections, Narendra Modi government steps up rural development workThe rural development ministry is now tasked with constructing 2.23 lakh km of roads by 2019, funds for which have been assured by the Cent...
03 Jun, 2016, 03.18 AM IST
Modi government to rename new-look Indira Awaas Yojana to Pradhan Mantri Awaas YojanaIndira Awaas Yojana to be renamed as Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana. Cornerstone of govt’s housing-for-all initiative, this is meant to mark s...
12 Jan, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Aspire Home aims at Rs 1,700 crore loan disbursement in FY16AHFC has set up a new department, Mahila Awaas Loan from Aspire (MALA), to exclusively cater to women customers.
22 Dec, 2015, 09.44 PM IST
Rural Development Ministry for doubling allocation to villagers for homesA paper on National Gramin Awaas Mission prepared by the ministry said the amount should be Rs 1.5 lakh, instead of the current Rs 70,000.
31 Aug, 2014, 09.22 AM IST
Haryana women to own 3.5 lakh affordable houses, says CM Bhupinder Singh HoodaHooda today said that 3.5 lakh affordable houses would be registered in name of women of beneficiary families.
01 Mar, 2013, 11.02 PM IST
- Union Budget 2011: MNREGA gets bulk of allocation
: Budgetary allocation for key rural development programmes largely remained unchanged for the fiscal 2011-2012 with a total allocation of ...
28 Feb, 2011, 07.22 PM IST
- New survey on anvil as rich grab houses built for poor
Nearly half the houses constructed for the rural poor have been cornered by others in connivance with local politicians, the government has...
01 Apr, 2010, 03.22 AM IST
- Youths establish small scale units in J&K
Nearly 300 youth in Jammu and Kashmir have established small scale units in the current fiscal under the Centrally-sponsored Swarn Jayanti ...
24 Nov, 2007, 06.30 PM IST
- PSBs get minority lending pill
With the government in election mode, it has got public sector banks into the act by asking them to open branches in more than 100 minority...
20 Apr, 2007, 02.13 AM IST