New Delhi: The government says over nine lakh houses have already been completed under the PradhanMantriAwasYojana (Gramin). The Ministry of Rural Development said, over 55 lakh houses have already been sanctioned and work is in progress.

Nearly 30 lakh of these houses have reached roof level  construction and 15 lakh of these houses are at finalization level. The Ministry said, a target of 51 lakh houses is to be completed by 31st of March next year and one crore by 31st March, 2019. The housing scheme was launched exactly one year ago by Prime Minister NarendraModi at Agra.