PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 5.21 lakh houses of beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) in Madhya Pradesh and also participated in the ‘Grah Pravesham’ ceremony to hand over new houses to their owners.

Addressing the programme through video conferencing, Modi said that his government had prioritised providing houses to poor people. So far, 2.5 crore houses have been constructed under the PMAY scheme in India. On occasion, PM Modi also announced that under the Nal-Jal scheme in the country, six crore families were provided pure tap water connections in their houses.

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Besides, over four crore fake ration cards have been cancelled since 2014 by the government to stop the theft of food grains reserved for the poor. “We have the policy to make sure that even the last man in the queue gets the benefit of government schemes,” he added.