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With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (URBAN), consider the following statements. 1. It is launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) in Mission mode. 2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission has completed its 7th anniversary this year on 25th June. 3. This scheme intends to provide housing for all in urban areas by the year 2025. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (URBAN), consider the following statements. 1. It is launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) in Mission mode. 2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission has completed its 7th anniversary this year on 25th June. 3. This scheme intends to provide housing for all in urban areas by the year 2025. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer 1 only

The correct answer is 1 only.

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    • ​Anniversary event- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) was launched on 25th June 2015.


Key Points

  • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban): 
    • Launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) in Mission mode. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
    • It aims to transform slum areas by building homes for slum dwellers in collaboration with private developers. 
    • One of the world’s most ambitious and biggest housing schemes, ‘Housing For All by 2022’ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, has accomplished a crossed a big milestone.
    • The Mission seeks to address the housing requirement of urban poor including slum dwellers through the following programme verticals: 
      • Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource. 
      • Promotion of Affordable Housing for weaker sections through credit-linked subsidy. 
      • Affordable Housing in Partnership with Public & Private sectors. 
      • Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction /enhancement. 
      • Credit linked subsidy component will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme while the other three components will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS). 

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