Giving a huge boost to affordable housing, the Union Budget presented on February 1 increased the allocation for the PM Awas Yojana( PMAY) by 66. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced an Urban Infrastructure Development Fund( UIDF) which will be used to produce urban infrastructure in league 2 and league 3 cities. PMAY was allocated over ₹ 79,000 crore this financial as compared to last time’s ₹ 48,000 crore. The scheme was launched in 2015 with the ideal of furnishing affordable casing to all citizens. The scheme was created to help the middle- income community, economically underprivileged groups( EWS) and low- income groups( LIG). The Finance Minister said in her Budget speech that states and metropolises will be encouraged to take over civic planning reforms and conduct to transfigure metropolises into “ sustainable metropolises of hereafter. ” “ This means effective use of land coffers, acceptable coffers for civic structure, conveyance- acquainted development, enhanced vacuity and affordability of civic land, and openings for all, ” she said. Sitharaman said that the Civic structure Development Fund will be established through the use of precedence sector lending space. This will be managed by the National Housing Bank, and will be used by public agencies to produce civic structure in league 2 and league 3 metropolises. The Centre will spend ₹ Rs 10,000 crore per time for the fund. “ Like the pastoral structure Development Fund, an Civic structure Development Fund will be established through the use of precedence sector lending space, ” she said. Sitharaman also blazoned that metropolises will be incentivised to ameliorate their credit worthiness for external bonds. “ This will be done through property duty governance reforms and ring- fencing stoner charges on civic structure. ” All metropolises and municipalities will be enabled for 100 mechanical desludging of septic tanks and seamsters to transition from manhole to machine- hole mode, she said adding that increased focus will be handed for scientific operation of dry and wet waste. Assiduity bodies ate the increase in allocation for PMAY. “ Incremental PMAY allocation upto ₹ 79,000 crore will give motivation to affordable casing and profit a wide member of homebuyers, ” saidDr. Niranjan Hiranandani,M.D., Hiranandani group and National Vice Chairman National Real Estate Development Council( NAREDCO).