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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an Indian government mission launched in 2015 to provide affordable pucca housing to urban and rural households by 2022, later extended.
- What are the four verticals of PMAY-Urban?
- How does PMAY-Gramin differ from PMAY-Urban?
- Is housing under PMAY a legal entitlement?
- Why was PMAY 2.0 launched if the original target was 2022?

[Civil Service & Diplomatic Exams](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/civil-services/glossary)Updated June 22, 2026

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an Indian government mission launched in 2015 to provide affordable pucca housing to urban and rural households by 2022, later extended.

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## Timeline

1. 25 June 2015

   Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is the Government of India's flagship affordable-housing mission, launched to operationalise the constitutional and policy…

2. 20 November 2016

   Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is the Government of India's flagship affordable-housing mission, launched to operationalise the constitutional and policy…

## Positions at a glance

### Supporters

CLSS itself is tiered by income, which is the mechanical heart of the urban scheme. The Economically Weaker Section (annual household income up to ₹3 lakh) and Low Income Group (up to ₹6 lakh) receive a 6.5 percent interest subsidy on loans up to ₹6 lakh. The Middle Income Group was split into MIG-I (up to ₹12 lakh, 4 percent subsidy) and MIG-II (up to ₹18 lakh, 3 percent subsidy), administered through nodal agencies including the National Housing Bank and HUDCO. PMAY-Gramin, by contrast, provides unit assistance of ₹1.20 lakh in plain areas and ₹1.30 lakh in hilly, difficult, and Integrated Action Plan districts, with beneficiaries selected from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 deprivation data, validated by Gram Sabhas, and convergence support drawn from MGNREGA wages and the Swachh Bharat Mission for toilets.

### Opponents

PMAY-Urban operates through four distinct delivery verticals, and the procedural mechanics differ by which one a beneficiary qualifies for. The first is In-situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR), under which slum land is used as a resource, with private developers granted incentives to rehouse dwellers on the same site. The second is the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS), which provides an interest subsidy on home loans credited upfront to the loan account, reducing the principal and monthly instalments. The third is Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), offering central assistance for projects where at least 35 percent of houses are for the Economically Weaker Section. The fourth is Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC), giving direct assistance to individual eligible families to build or enhance their own homes. Applicants apply online, undergo geo-tagging and Aadhaar-based verification, and funds are released in tranches against physical progress photographed and uploaded to a monitoring portal.

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In November 2024 India's Union Cabinet approved PMAY-Urban 2.0, sanctioning central assistance to build one crore additional urban houses over five years for Economically Weaker Section and Low Income Group families.

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