New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) The Centre has sanctioned 1.11 crore houses under two schemes of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, with 95.54 lakh of those houses having already been completed and handed over to beneficiaries, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Replying to supplementaries during the question hour, the minister said that, according to a 2020 slum survey, as many as 6.5 crore people, comprising 1.39 crore households, were living in slums across the country.

“Under both schemes, the Centre has sanctioned 1.11 crore houses and 1.10 crore have been grounded, of which 95.54 lakh houses have been ready and handed over," the minister told the house.

He said land and colonisation are State subjects and policies and programmes related to slum r

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