President: 40 Million Houses Built for Poor in a Decade
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu announced on Wednesday that the government has built four crore pucca houses for the underprivileged over the past decade, reflecting its commitment to achieving housing for all. In her joint address to Parliament, she noted that 32 lakh newly constructed houses were handed over to beneficiaries in the last year. Emphasizing efforts to boost urban livelihoods, the president shared that under the PM SVANidhi scheme, 72 lakh street vendors received financial aid totaling Rs 16,000 crore. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs oversees this initiative, introduced in 2020 to provide affordable working capital…
