BHUBANESWAR: The housing and urban development department plans to construct over 48,000 incomplete houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Urban (PMAY-U), with the scheme deadline extended to December 31, 2025.
The Union housing and urban affairs ministry informed the state that the PMAY-U was launched on June 25, 2015, to provide durable houses with essential amenities to eligible urban populations nationwide.
The ministry noted, “The implementation period of the PMAY-U scheme, previously ending on March 31, 2022, has been extended to December 31, 2025, allowing sanctioned houses to be completed without altering the funding framework and implementation strategy.”
As per national data, 111.62 lakh houses were sanctioned under the scheme, including 69.75 lakh via the Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC) vertical; out of these, 54.65 lakh have been completed to date.
On a state level, the Centre approved 1.84 lakh houses under PMAY-U for the urban poor, with Odisha completing 1.36 lakh houses thus far and an additional 48,000 in various stages of construction.
The ministry warned that the PMAY-U scheme’s validity extends to December 31, 2025, and no central funds will be available post that date for states and Union territories. Any remaining obligations to complete the houses will need to be covered by the respective state and Union territories from their own funds.
Additionally, the ministry instructed that no central funds should be disbursed to beneficiaries for non-starter houses within the BLC vertical, where the initial installment hasn’t been released.
Following this directive, Subhananda Mohapatra, Mission Director of the Odisha Urban Housing Mission, directed municipal commissioners and executive officers to comply with the instructions.
The state has accelerated construction under PMAY-U through various initiatives, including the ‘100 Days Challenge’ implemented in 2023. Officials reported that Odisha’s success rate in this initiative is 73%.
