The Centre has sanctioned an additional one lakh houses for Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), taking the total number of houses sanctioned for the state under the current approvals to five lakh. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the distribution of houses at a state-level programme in Balangir on Saturday, in the presence of Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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Majhi said the Centre had earlier sanctioned four lakh houses for Odisha and has now approved another one lakh for the financial year 2026-27. He thanked the Union Minister for the additional allocation and urged the Centre to sanction another one lakh houses to meet the state's housing requirements. Providing a permanent roof over every family's head remains his government's highest priority, the Chief Minister said, adding that a pucca house is a symbol of dignity and security, not merely bricks and cement.

1 lakhadditional houses sanctioned
5 lakhtotal sanctioned under current approvals
28.06 lakhPMAY-G houses sanctioned in Odisha in total
25.58 lakhof those houses completed

The Chief Minister announced that the scheme's implementation period in the state would be extended by another two years, until 2029, a move expected to facilitate the construction of an additional 2,91,666 houses. Beneficiaries who complete their houses within five months receive an incentive of Rs 35,000, and those who finish within seven months get Rs 20,000; around 11.35 lakh beneficiaries have received such incentives so far, he said.

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Speaking at the programme, Chouhan said a pilot project aimed at eliminating poverty, initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in different states, would be launched in Odisha from Balangir district. He assured that more houses would be sanctioned for Odisha in the future and said every village in the state would be connected through pucca roads.

Apart from the housing programme, Majhi also inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 248 development projects worth approximately Rs 911 crore for Balangir district, covering health infrastructure, drinking water, irrigation, Anganwadi centres, classrooms, roads and hostels.