PM Awas Yojana: Only 8% target met under urban housing scheme

Nearly three years into the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for urban areas which promised “housing for all” by 2022, barely 8%, or 3 lakh of the 40.6 lakh houses targeted so far, have been constructed. In the rural version of PMAY only 30%, or 28.8 lakh houses, have been completed.