PM Modi to visit Gujarat on August 25 and 26 to inaugurate Awas Yojana houses
Mr. Modi is likely to address a public gathering at Nikol between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., following which he will stay overnight at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Sources indicate that he may also meet the BJP State leaders to discuss a potential Cabinet reshuffle and the selection of a new State party president.
On August 26, the Prime Minister will visit Hansalpur in Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region to inaugurate the new Maruti Suzuki facility before returning to New Delhi from Ahmedabad.
The rehabilitation work under the In-Situ Slum Redevelopment scheme covers Sector-3 of Ramapir Tekra slum in West Zone, Ahmedabad, implemented under the Slum Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Policy-2013.
Across Gujarat, PMAY(U) has sanctioned 9.66 lakh houses against a target of 7.64 lakh, with about 9.07 lakh already completed. Gujarat has won multiple national awards for PMAY(U) in 2019 and 2022, officials said on Thursday (August 21, 2025).
Under PMAY(Rural), 6,00,932 houses have been completed between 2016-17 and 2024-25. For 2025-26, 39,092 houses have been finished so far, with 2,39,441 under construction, they said. 'Total expenditure under PMAY in the State stands at ₹8,936.55 crore.'
The government provides an additional ₹50,000 per house under PMAY(Rural). Under the Mukhyamantri Protsahan Sahay Yojana, timely construction earns an extra ₹20,000, while women beneficiaries get ₹5,000 for bathrooms, according to officials. 'Combined with MGNREGA and Swachh Bharat benefits, each beneficiary can receive up to ₹2,32,920,' they said.
Innovations in housing
Officials said that Gujarat was the first State to implement the Affordable Rental Housing Complex scheme, converting 393 houses into rental units in Surat. It is also among six States selected for the Light House Project, building 1,144 houses in Rajkot using monolithic concrete construction, they added.
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