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PM Modi: Five crore houses will be built for the poor by 2022

Today in Chhatisgadh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while laying the foundation stone for ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’ in the inaugural address at Naya Raipur, said still five crore families in the country who don’t have a house after sixty years of self rule for them ‘Five crore houses will be built for the poor by 2022’ . “Two crore of them are in the cities and three crore of them are in the villages. Every Indian should think what kind of India they want in 2022, when India will celebrate 75 years of Independence,” he said. PM said that the Centre and the state governments will work together to ensure that five crore houses are built by 2022 for the poor.“This is not an infrastructure project. This is a project being undertaken to strengthen the dreams of the poor,” added Prime Minister. He also said that the scheme will create a lot of jobs as sale of building materials like cement, bricks and others.

“Skill development brings so many opportunities for the youth. ‘Mudra Yojana’ is creating new entrepreneurs, youth must take advantage and become job creators” he said.