Govt clears ₹9k cr for 73k houses for urban poor
The Centre on Friday approved an investment of ₹9,005 crore for the construction of over 73,000 houses for economically weaker sections in Maharashtra, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. The project is a part of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) launched in June last year, under which two crore houses are to be built for the urban poor by 2022.