In September 2025, Union Minister Manohar Lal, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA), launched “Agnikaar 2025”, a step to enhance the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0), in New Delhi(Delhi).
- The event was graced by Union Minister of State (MoS) Tokhan Sahu, MoHUA along with Srinivas Katikithala, Secretary of MoHUA, Kuldip Narayan, Joint Secretary & Mission Director (JS&MD), Housing for All (HFA), and other senior officials of MoHUA.
Exam Hints:
- Event: Agnikaar 2025
- Launched by: Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, MoHUA
- Duration: 4th September – 31st October 2025
- Objective: Accelerate PMAY-U 2.0
- Key Events:
- PMAY-U Awas Diwas: 17th Sept 2025
- PM Awas Mela – Shehri: 17–27 September & 16–31 October 2025
About Agnikaar 2025:
Campaign: The Angikaar 2025 campaign will run from 4th September 2025 to 31st October 2025, across 5,000+ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India.
Objectives: It is a campaign to accelerate the implementation of PMAY-U 2.0 by creating widespread awareness about the scheme across India.
- The campaign is designed to accelerate the verification of applications under the scheme and speed up the completion of already sanctioned houses under PMAY-U.
Engagement: The campaign will raise awareness through door-to-door visits, community mobilization, and other outreach channels, and will include camps, loan melas, and cultural events to actively engage beneficiaries and stakeholders in the Jan Bhagidari (People’s Participation) movement.
CRGFTLIH scheme: Another key objective of Angikaar 2025 is to inform stakeholders about the Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low Income Housing (CRGFTLIH) scheme.
- The scheme guarantees the housing loans made by the lending institutions like Commercial Banks (CB), Regional-Rural Banks (RRBs), Housing Finance Companies (HFC), Cooperative Housing Finance Societies etc. to new or existing Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) or Low-Income Groups (LIG) borrowers.
Priorities: Additionally, benefits of the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PM- SGMBY) will be provided to beneficiaries of PMAY-U and housing needs of beneficiaries from Special Focus Group identified under PMAY-U 2.0 will be prioritised.
Key Events:
PMAY-U Awas Diwas: As part of the campaign, PMAY-U Awas Diwas will be celebrated on 17th September 2025, marking the first anniversary of the launch of PMAY-U 2.0.
PM Awas Mela – Shehri: An anchor event, ‘PM Awas Mela – Shehri’, will be organised at District Headquarters, and for larger cities, at the Municipal Corporation level.
- The event will be conducted in two phases: the first phase from 17th to 27th September 2025, and the second phase on any day between 16th and 31st October 2025.
About PMAY-U:
Objective: The MoHUA launched the PMAY-U scheme in 2015, with an objective to provide all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households across the country with the vision of ‘Housing for All by 2022’.
- It was launched with the aim to achieve housing for all by 2022.
PMAY-U 2.0: Launched in 2024 as PMAY-U 2.0, the scheme provides financial assistance of up to Rs.2.50 lakh to 1 crore additional urban families for constructing or purchasing a pucca house in cities.
- In May 2025, MoHUA extended the PMAY-U house completion deadline to 31 December 2025.
About Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA):
Union Minister – Manohar Lal Khattar (Constituency – Karnal, Haryana)
Minister of State (MoS) – Tokhan Sahu (Constituency – Bilaspur, chhattisgarh)
