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More than 43 lakh pucca houses completed in Bihar for poor families

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More than 43 lakh pucca houses completed in Bihar for poor families

PATNA Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) schem, a total of 43,14,959 poor families in the state have so far completed the construction of their pucca houses. According to figures released by the Rural Development Department, approval for construction of pucca houses for 49,09,740 beneficiaries have been granted against the overall target of 49,16,649 houses set from the financial year 2016-17 onwards.

55 families from marginalised community seek pucca houses 55 families from marginalised community seek pucca houses 55 families from marginalised community seek pucca houses storyline 1 The Bihar government has spent a total of ₹56,743.40 crore so far on the implementation of this scheme to provide houses equipped with basic amenities. PMAY-G, which is a Union Ministry of Rural Development’s flagship scheme, aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless households and those living in kutcha or dilapidated houses.