The NDA government’s ambitious program to build houses for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has failed to find takers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
Over a year after it was launched, UP and Delhi are among the handful of states that have failed to send a single proposal to the Union housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry. It’s only after a state sends a proposal that the Centre approves it and releases its share.