Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs News

The center approved 1.47 lakh additional urban houses under PMAY-U 2.0 for the poor, boosting the 'Housing for All' mission.  

Congress has received an eviction notice over a bungalow illegally occupied by Sonia Gandhi's secretary. The bungalow was given to Congress, but Sonia Gandhi`s secretary has been living in this property.

PM Modi will inaugurate the new Defence Ministry office complex in Delhi today. The inaugural event will be attended by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt and others.

MoHUA Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said that helping women become financially empowered and live a dignified life is one of the priority areas of the government. The ministry entered into an MoU with leading e-commerce portals like Amazon and Flipkart. Innovative methods of online training for SHGs have been ensured to enable them to smoothly operate on the e-portals.

Three cities of Maharashtra--Karad, Saswad, and Lonavala-- have grabbed the top three positions among the cities with a population of less than one lakh Among the states with more than 100 cities, Chhattisgarh is the cleanliness state, while Jharkhand is on the top among the states with less than 100 cities These two states are often counted among the most backward states of India, but they have pipped the bigger states of the country

The Prime Minister will also be interacting with select beneficiaries, swachhagrahis, and SafaiKarmis under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), from different parts of the country through video conference, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). 

Delhi government said in an official statement that the MoHUA has released a shocking and false statement on the Anaj Mandi fire, which claimed the lives of 43 people on Sunday, to hide the corruption and inefficiency of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).