PM Modi: PMAY is govt's fight against poverty

Shirdi (Maha), Oct 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (PMAY) was his administration's undertaking to kill neediness and encouraged the recipients of the plan to engage their next ages through training.

Interacting with the PMAY recipients from Maharashtra through video-conferencing from the sanctuary town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar region.

Modi said those who have pucca houses under the plan ought to also avail the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme.

"You will get my letter. On the off chance that you submit it to the doctor's facility, you will get a gold card, through which you can profit help for hospitalisation of family members. For genuine sicknesses, Rs 5 lakh for every year to every family will be given," he said.

Interfacing with the beneficiaries mostly in Marathi, Modi asked as to whether the nature of houses under the PMAY was good if they needed to bribe anybody to get the funds for the houses.

When the beneficiaries replied in the negative, he said under the NDA administer, the go betweens have turned out to be defenseless.

While interacting with people from tribal-dominated Nandurbar district, Modi recalled how he used to visit the place much of the time before and have "Chaudhary ki chai".

He said just like he speaks in Marathi, individuals from Nandurbar can likewise communicate in Gujarati. "All things considered, you are our bigger neighbour," he said.

He asked a beneficiary, Ahilya Padvi, if she would have the capacity to welcome more guests in her new house now.

At the point when Modi asked the ladies recipients in Thane what number of them were taught, just a single raised her hand.

To this, he stated, "You ought to guarantee that your cutting edge gets training. The lodging plan is a battle against neediness and alongside new houses you can profit medical advantages under the Ayushman Bharat plot."

To the recipients in Solapur, he asked if the men men were angry as the ownership for house was given to ladies. To this, the ladies said it was a decent choice.

Interfacing with the recipients in Satara, the head administrator said he had an extraordinary associate with the place since his instructor Laxman Namdar hailed from that point.

He also asked people in Latur if they thought about the administration's Ayushman Bharat Yojana and the tidiness drive. He instructed them to advance the plans in their towns.

The cooperation was led at the 'e-griha pravesh' function for 40,000 recipients of the PMAY. Prior to the collaboration session, the PM gave over representative keys to ten recipients.

Modi also launched development projects worth Rs 475 crore started by the sanctuary trust and took part in the century festivities of Mahasamadhi of Saibaba.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said 2.5 lakh recipients got responsibility for under the PMAY on Friday.

He said the state wanted six lakh more houses and whenever apportioned, they would develop them by October one year from now.

"Construction of four and a half lakh houses is on and will be completed by December this year," he said.