Minorities comprise 15% of PMAY-U beneficiaries, Rajya Sabha told
The scheme had been extended from 2022 to December 31, 2024 to allow for completion of houses sanctioned till March 31, 2022.
Of the total sanctioned houses, 15.15% or 16 lakh houses were for beneficiaries from the minority communities. (Video screengrab/ Sansad TV) A little over 15% of the beneficiaries, who have got houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) so far, come from religious minority communities, according to a reply by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to a question in the Rajya Sabha Monday.
Replying to a question by nominated MP Satnam Singh Sandhu, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry MoS Tokhan Sahu said 118.64 lakh houses had been sanctioned under PMAY-U, which was launched in 2015, based on proposals submitted by states and UTs as of July 15. Of them, 85.04 lakh houses had been completed or delivered to the beneficiaries.
Of the total sanctioned houses, 15.15% or 16 lakh houses were for beneficiaries from the minority communities. Of them, 13.45 lakh (12.74%) were Muslim beneficiaries, 1.73 lakh (1.64%) Christians, 49,670 (0.47%) Sikh, 19,707 (0.19%) Buddhist, 10,457 (0.10%) Jains and 1,127 (0.01%) Zoroastrians, the reply said.
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