Union Minister of Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan has accused the Tamil Nadu government for not giving more than 5 lakh houses to the people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin). In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Mr Chouhan said that the State government has not sanctioned 2 lakh 15 thousand houses to the people, and additionally 3 lakh 10 thousand houses under the scheme have also not been constructed despite allocations in budget. The Union Minister said, an amount of 608 crore rupees have been allocated to the State but it has not been utilised. The Minister said that the State government has also not conducted a required survey to identify those people who need houses.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slams TN govt for not utilizing budget allocated for PMAY
