More than 3 lakh PMAY houses constructed using new construction technologies

Nearly 16 lakh houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY-Urban) as on Feb 25, 2019. Of the total houses constructed, 20% have used modern construction technologies. As per government data, more than 3 lakh houses have been constructed using new construction technologies to speed up work and meet the government’s target of ‘Housing for All’ by 2022. The Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTC) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has been promoting innovative housing technologies for affordable housing. About 1.2 million houses are being constructed with such innovative technologies in India under PMAY (U) and other state-run schemes. Pointing out that the conventional system of constructing houses is time consuming as well as resource intensive, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, emphasised the need to look for new emerging, disaster-resilient, environment-friendly, cost-effective and speedy construction technologies. “Technology transition will also address the challenges of constructing large-scale housing in minimum time and cost with optimum use of resources and environment-friendly practices”, he added.