Andhra Pradesh handed first instalment of 3 lakh PMAY-Gramin 2.0 houses worth Rs 3,600 crore, with India's first 3D concrete-printing pilot housing project
4 October 2026
Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed over the first instalment of 3 lakh houses worth Rs 3,600 crore to Andhra Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin 2.0 at Burripalem village in Guntur district on 4 October 2026.
The State's original allocation was 76,000 houses; it was raised to 3 lakh.
He laid the foundation stone for the country's first pilot housing project using 3D concrete printing technology - 177 houses at a cost of Rs 14 crore in Burripalem and Obulnayudupalem villages of Guntur district, to be completed within six months.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Union Minister of State Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani were present.
The release notes that PM-KISAN's Rs 6,000 a year and the State's Annadata Sukhibhava's Rs 14,000 a year together give a farmer Rs 20,000 a year.
It also sets a Lakhpati Didi target of 60 lakh women in the State, against 23 lakh at present.
In plain words
PMAY-G Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin — The Centre's rural housing scheme that gives assistance to build a pucca house to eligible rural households.
Lakhpati Didi Lakhpati Didi initiative — A rural livelihoods push to raise self-help group women's annual household income to at least one lakh rupees.