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Key Points

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Started in 2015, aims to give safe homes to city families.

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More than 10,000,000 houses built and handed over.

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Financial help can be up to 250,000 Indian rupees per house.

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Women receive about 10,000,000 of the homes.

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Online tools track each house from start to finish.

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Summary

By August 2026, more than ten million houses have been approved and over ten million are finished.

The program helps families with low, middle and very low incomes, and gives special help to women owners.

New technology like online portals and GPS tags lets officials see the building progress.

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New Words to Learn

13 words
sanctioned
officially approved
beneficiary
person who receives help
economically weaker sections
people who have very little money
low income groups
people who earn a small amount of money
middle‑income groups
people who earn a moderate amount of money
slum dwellers
people living in very crowded, poor neighborhoods
verticals
different ways the program works
beneficiary‑led construction
families help build their own homes
affordable housing in partnership
building homes together with other groups
affordable rental housing
homes that can be rented at low cost
interest subsidy scheme
help that makes loan payments cheaper
geo‑tagging
using location data to see where something is
dashboard
a screen that shows information quickly
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