Pariksha SaathiCentre Hands Over 3 Lakh Houses to Andhra Pradesh, Launches India's First 3D Concrete-Printed Housing Project
At a function in Burripalem village of Guntur district on 4 October 2026, Union Rural Development and Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed Andhra Pradesh the first instalment of 3 lakh houses, worth ₹3,600 crore, sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) 2.0, with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in attendance. Chouhan also laid the foundation stone of what was described as India's first pilot project to build homes with 3D concrete printing: 177 houses costing ₹14 crore, which should be ready in about six months. According to the minister, officials had initially found the state eligible for only 76,000 houses, but the figure was raised to 3 lakh after the Chief Minister pressed for a permanent home for every poor family. Naidu said the state needs 9 lakh houses in all, and that the remaining 6 lakh would be sanctioned once this first phase is completed.
Drafted with AI assistance from the official PIB release linked above and checked against it by a second AI pass. Not line-edited by a human.
Learning context
PMAY-G was launched on 20 November 2016, with effect from 1 April 2016, replacing the earlier Indira Awaas Yojana. Each beneficiary receives unit assistance of ₹1.20 lakh in plain areas and ₹1.30 lakh in hilly and North-Eastern states and certain difficult areas; in plain areas this cost is shared 60:40 between the Centre and the state (90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan states). In August 2024 the Union Cabinet approved support for 2 crore more rural houses over 2024-25 to 2028-29 at these same unit rates.
Reference: PMAY-G official portal (Ministry of Rural Development)
Check yourself: does ₹3,600 crore for 3 lakh houses match a PMAY-G unit rate?
Yes. ₹3,600 crore ÷ 3,00,000 houses = ₹1.2 lakh per house, which is the PMAY-G unit assistance for plain areas. Also remember that, by the scheme's design, unit assistance in plain-area states is shared 60:40 between the Centre and the state.
Revision task: separate the scheme's standing rules (launch year, unit assistance, cost-sharing ratio) from this event's figures (3 lakh houses, ₹3,600 crore, 177 3D-printed houses at ₹14 crore).
Test yourself
How many houses, worth ₹3,600 crore, did Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hand over to Andhra Pradesh as the first instalment under PMAY-G 2.0?
Show the answer
Answer: 3 lakh
Andhra Pradesh received 3 lakh houses in the first instalment (raised from an initial eligibility of 76,000); the state needs 9 lakh in all, and a ₹14 crore pilot of 177 3D-concrete-printed houses was also launched.
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