The government has approved construction of four lakh 78 thousand 670 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). In a press release, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said, the approval was given in the 42nd meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held in New Delhi.

The Ministry said, out of total houses, over one lakh houses each have been sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. The number of houses sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh is over 91 thousand, for Tamil Nadu over 68 thousand, for Madhya Pradesh over 35 thousand and for Kerala over 25 thousand.