Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): The dream of owning a home is set to become a reality for thousands of urban poor and middle-class families in Haryana. During the third meeting of the State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, the state government approved housing projects for 2,646 beneficiaries across 60 urban local bodies under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) 2.0.
According to Mohammed Shayin, Commissioner and Secretary of the Housing for All Department, the demand for housing remains high, with over 1.69 lakh applicants registering their interest through the central government’s unified web portal. Out of these, nearly 98,000 applications fall under the Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) category. So far, the central government has already approved projects for 17,430 beneficiaries in earlier phases, and over ₹13 crore has been released as the first installment of central assistance for 2,174 houses.
Under the BLC component of PMAY-U 2.0, eligible beneficiaries receive a total financial assistance of ₹2.50 lakh to construct an all-weather pucca house. This fund is shared between the Centre and the State in a ₹1.50 lakh and ₹1.00 lakh split, respectively. To ensure transparency and progress, the state has already completed the geo-tagging of 12,552 houses, a mandatory step for the release of financial aid. The houses are designed to have a carpet area ranging from 30 to 45 square metres.
To further strengthen the implementation of the scheme, the committee also approved annual capacity-building plans for the financial years 2025-26 and 2026-27. With a proposed budget of over ₹14.7 crore for the next two years, the state intends to establish 32 City Level Technical Cell clusters across all 87 urban local bodies. These cells will oversee critical tasks such as third-party quality monitoring, social audits, and training workshops, ensuring that the housing mission meets its objectives of providing dignified living spaces to the EWS, LIG, and MIG categories.
