Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, announced on Wednesday that the income threshold for economically disadvantaged individuals seeking assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) for the Mumbai metropolitan area has been raised from Rs three lakh to Rs six lakh.
“Thank you Hon PM Narendra Modi ji & Hon Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri ji for enhancing EWS income criteria from 3 lakh to 6 lakh for AHP vertical under #PMAY for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), at Maharashtra Government’s request,” Fadnavis stated.
The head of the Bharatiya Janata Party said that this would benefit thousands of MMR residents. Fadnavis had previously said that the PMAY’s urban coverage was inacceptably low and that he would take the matter up with the Union government