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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Angikaar 2025, a nationwide outreach campaign under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0). The initiative seeks to bridge last-mile implementation gaps, accelerate housing delivery, and ensure that welfare benefits reach vulnerable urban families.

Objectives of Angikaar 2025

• Awareness Generation: Create widespread awareness of PMAY-U 2.0 across urban India.
• Housing Delivery: Fast-track verification of applications and completion of sanctioned houses.
• Beneficiary Support: Facilitate access to financial assistance, credit-linked support, and convergence with other welfare schemes.
• Inclusion: Prioritise housing needs of Special Focus Groups identified under PMAY-U 2.0.

Key Features

• Coverage: Over 5,000 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across India.
• Activities: Door-to-door campaigns, awareness drives, loan melas, cultural events, and anchor events under PM Awas Mela – Shehri.
• Convergence: Linkage with schemes such as the Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low Income Housing (CRGFTLIH) and PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.

PMAY-U Progress So Far

• Sanctioned Houses: 120 lakh.
• Completed & Delivered: 94.11 lakh pucca houses.
• Pending: Angikaar 2025 will focus on expediting completion of remaining sanctioned houses.
• Future Target under PMAY-U 2.0: Provide financial support (up to ?2.5 lakh per family) to an additional one crore urban families for constructing or purchasing pucca houses.

Significance

• Last-Mile Outreach: Brings government schemes closer to beneficiaries through direct engagement.
• Community Mobilisation: Promotes Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation) via awareness camps and cultural events.
• Holistic Development: Integrates housing with access to electricity, financial inclusion, and basic services.
• Housing for All: Reaffirms the government’s commitment to inclusive and sustainable urban development.