India, Feb. 24 -- Around 2.88 lakh houses were sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 on Monday, an official statement said.
According to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, with the latest approval of 2,87,618 houses, the total number of sanctioned houses under PMAY-U 2.0 has crossed 13.61 lakh.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee chaired by ministry secretary Srinivas Katikithala.
According to the statement, the new houses will be built across 16 states and Union territories - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Odi...