--- title: "Who approved 20 lakh houses for urban poor approved under PM Awas Yojna recently?" description: "Who approved 20 lakh houses for urban poor approved under PM Awas Yojna recently?" author: "Vritika Goel" published: 2017-12-25 updated: 2017-12-26 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31957/who-approved-20-lakh-houses-for-urban-poor-approved-under-pm-awas-yojna-recently category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who approved 20 lakh houses for urban poor approved under PM Awas Yojna recently? Who approved 20 lakh houses for [urban](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/332531/smart-cities-technologies-and-strategies-for-sustainable-urban-development) poor [approved under PM](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44591/who-approves-20-lakh-houses-for-urban-poor-approved-under-pm-awas-yojna-recently) [Awas Yojna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92740/state-the-purpose-of-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojna) recently? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **The construction of around 20 lakh homes for the urban poor in over 4,720 and towns has been acclaimed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Vikas Yojna.** This program led by the Government of India has launched 2 years ago. ![Who approved 20 lakh houses for urban poor approved under PM Awas Yojna recently?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8cacb6ff-4c1b-40bb-b071-035d3b4852de/images/ddf8b1d3-d03c-4021-b848-8ee67d36ec6e.png)\ **The government has claimed** that this particular task is really challenging **but they are gearing up the project so that it could be completed by the end 2020.** \ **“**The Central government has done all that it could do in the form of putting in place an enabling ecosystem and will fulfill its commitment to central assistance**”** **-Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31957/who-approved-20-lakh-houses-for-urban-poor-approved-under-pm-awas-yojna-recently Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.