PM Modi promises homes for all in 5 years, jobs

Amid expectation that the Centre might soon announce a booster shot for the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reiterated his government’s promise of providing every poor person, whether living in rural or urban areas, a house by 2022. The PM said his government and party’s agenda was development, not merely votes.

“When crores of houses are built across the country, it will require bricks, cement, iron and wood. It will generate jobs for thousands and open up new avenues of income and employment,” the PM said at a public rally in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. He inaugurated