Choosing the auspicious occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath released financial assistance of Rs 1,341.17 crore to 2.853 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) in Uttar Pradesh.

In the last four-and-a-half years, the has provided over 40 lakh houses under PMAY-G. Before 2017, UP was nowhere in PM Awas Yojana, or SVANidhi Yojana but as soon as our government assumed office, the state clinched the first position in providing homes to residents of the state under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Yogi said.