Telangana CM seeks 1.15 million houses and VBG RAM-G work

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met with Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, to request substantial central support for housing and rural employment in the face of drought conditions. The Chief Minister sought the allocation of 1,156,915 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and the inclusion of new livelihood activities under the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajivika Mission-Gramin (VBG RAM-G) scheme.

Reddy presented a survey, conducted using the Union Rural Development Ministry's Awaas app, which identified over 1.15 million eligible rural families in need of housing. He attributed the high demand to the previous state government's failure to effectively utilize the PMAY-G scheme, which he said left many poor families without homes for nearly a decade. He urged the central government to sanction the houses at the earliest.

Citing the impact of El Nino and deficient rainfall creating drought-like conditions, the Chief Minister requested that ten new categories of work be added to the VBG RAM-G scheme. The proposed activities aim to provide additional...