PM Modi visits Gujarat on August 25-26 to launch Awas Yojana houses
PM Modi visits Gujarat on August 25-26 to launch Awas Yojana houses
PM Modi embarks on day’s visit to Ahmedabad (Gujarat) onAugust 25. He will visit Hansalpur in Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region to launch the new Maruti Suzuki facility before returning to New Delhi from Ahmedabad.
Nearly 1,449 houses and 130 shops built at a cost of ₹133.42 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) will be inaugurated by
PM Modi in Ahmedabad
The rehabilitation work under the In-Situ Slum Redevelopment scheme covers Sector-3 of Ramapir Tekra slum in West Zone, Ahmedabad, implemented under the Slum Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Policy-2013.
Reportedly, crossed Gujarat, PMAY(U) has sanctioned 9.66 lakh houses against a target of 7.64 lakh, with about 9.07 lakh already completed. Gujarat has won multiple national awards for PMAY(U) in 2019 and 2022, officials said on Thursday (August 21, 2025).
Under PMAY(Rural), 6,00,932 houses have been completed between 2016-17 and 2024-25. For 2025-26, 39,092 houses have been finished so far, with 2,39,441 under construction, expenditure under PMAY in the State stands at ₹8,936.55 crore.”
The government provides an additional ₹50,000 per house under PMAY(Rural). Under the Mukhyamantri Protsahan Sahay Yojana, timely construction earns an extra ₹20,000, while women beneficiaries get ₹5,000 for bathrooms, according to officials. “Combined with MGNREGA and Swachh Bharat benefits, each beneficiary can receive up to ₹2,32,920,” they said.
According to Innovations in housing
Officials said that Gujarat was the first State to implement the Affordable Rental Housing Complex scheme, converting 393 houses into rental units in Surat. It is also among six States selected for the Light House Project, building 1,144 houses in Rajkot using monolithic concrete construction.
News Edit KV Raman
