India Budget 2026: Affordable housing allocation rises, but industry left wanting moreThe Union Budget 2026-27 has boosted funding for government housing initiatives. However, the affordable housing sector did not receive new...
02 Feb, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
Union Budget 2026: Has government made any changes to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)? Check hereBudget 2026 did not make any new Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) announcements, though the scheme had received Rs 54,500 crore for its ur...
01 Feb, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
Unspent funds of up to ₹75,000 crore may help Centre meet FY26 fiscal deficit targetThe Indian government is poised to save ₹70,000-₹75,000 crore this fiscal year as several key ministries and welfare schemes underutilize t...
22 Jan, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Budget 2026–27: Government plans double-digit hike in rural scheme allocations to boost growth, demandThe government is planning double-digit increases in allocations for key rural schemes in Budget 2026–27 to boost growth and demand, with h...
21 Jan, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
PM Awas Yojana to be expanded to provide new homes to 3 crore more families, says governmentThe government aims to expand the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) to provide housing to an additional 3 crore families by 2029 under PMA...
31 Jan, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Budget 2025: Country tunes to remain a big hit in FY26 tooThe government is likely to increase allocations for key rural development schemes by 5-8% in the 2025-26 budget. While the rural job guara...
25 Jan, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
PMAY-U 2.0: Govt allocates Rs 4,000 crore for Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme in budgetThe Indian government has reinstated interest subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 and allocated Rs 4,000 crore for the...
23 Jul, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Budget wish list: Realtors want government to rationalise taxes, allot more for SWAMIHReal estate developers are seeking measures in the upcoming Union Budget, including SWAMIH fund allocation, GST input tax credit, and renta...
25 Jun, 2024, 12.45 AM IST
Interim Budget: Dream house promise for middle classFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new housing scheme in the interim budget to help the middle-class buy or build their own ho...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
PMAY drives up MGNREGS wage costsMGNREGS wages of about ₹35,000-40,000 crore are estimated to have gone into the construction of houses under the PMAY (Gramin) since the sc...
13 Nov, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
PM Awas Yojana in UP likely to reach saturation point before LS pollsAccording to Manoj Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary of the state's rural development department, in the Awas plus survey conducted f...
03 Feb, 2023, 12.50 AM IST
Budget 2023: Housing finance companies may see surge in credit demandIn the last years’ budget, Rs 48,000 crore was allocated for the completion of 80 lakh houses under PMAY. The programme has been extended t...
03 Feb, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Govt’s Rs 48,000 crore allocation for PMAY to boost affordable housingThe government’s Union Budget proposal of Rs 48,000 crore outlay for helping build low-cost houses in both rural and urban regions across t...
01 Feb, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
Steep climb ahead to achieve the target of Housing for All by 2022: ICRAThe PMAY was launched in 2015, through which the Government of India had set a target of constructing 50 million new housing units by 2022,...
12 Jul, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
Budget 2019: MGNREGA, PMAY allocation dip slightly, overall budget for rural welfare schemes raised by 4.4%The revised estimate for rural welfare schemes in 2018-19 was Rs 1.12 lakh crore.
05 Jul, 2019, 07.07 PM IST
Higher budget allocation may boost housing-for-all schemeThe government had set a target of constructing 50 million new housing units by 2022, of which 30 million units are likely to be constructe...
26 Feb, 2018, 07.09 PM IST
'HUA ministry seeks three-fold hike in Budget allocation'The central government aims to construct 1.2 crore houses for the urban poor under the Narendra Modi government's flagship scheme. So far, ...
14 Jan, 2018, 12.21 PM IST