India is launching a new rural employment program, VB-G RAM G, replacing MGNREGA from July 1, 2026. This initiative guarantees 125 days of ...

UltraTech Cement is navigating rising costs for plastic packaging and fuel. These expenses are a concern for the company's target of double...

The dominant National Democratic Alliance constituent at the Centre has registered its maiden victory in West Bengal, retained Assam and Pu...

Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV in Rayagada, Odisha. The initiative wil...

The Rural Development Ministry is reviewing its key schemes in response to the West Asia conflict's potential impact on global supply chain...

The plan emphasises inclusive credit planning and tailored development pathways for balanced growth across the National Capital Territory.

The government is focusing on women's empowerment through the PMAY (rural) scheme. The scheme aims to provide 100% ownership of houses to w...

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is a government flagship program in India that aims to provide pucca houses with basic amenities to a...

In the interim budget earlier this year, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced support for the construction of an additional 2 ...

MGNREGS 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...

The ministry has found that bank accounts of 60% of the beneficiaries of PMAY (Rural) in Odisha have been changed from the accounts furnish...

As per the latest data, under PMAY (Urban), 11.4 million houses involving central assistance of ₹1.86 lakh crore have been sanctioned so fa...

The PMAY was launched in 2015, through which the Government of India had set a target of constructing 50 million new housing units by 2022,...

Narendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha that an exercise was conducted across the country for identifying such households, who though eligib...

In the urban areas barely 8%, or 3 lakh of the 40.6 lakh houses targeted so far have been constructed. In the rural version of PMAY only 30...

"The beneficiaries in the permanent wait list of PMAY (G) will have the flexibility for opting for a house under PMAY(G) or PMAY (U)."

Sources said PM’s recent direction is in line with the focus to ensure houses built under the PMAY have the necessary facilities to bring v...