Govt approves building of 80k houses for poor
The Centre on Thursday approved proposals for the construction of over 80,000 houses for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in urban areas in seven states. Entailing an estimated investment of ₹4,076 crore, with central assistance of ₹1,226 crore, the houses would be built across 163 cities in West Bengal, Telangana, Bihar, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand.