Ministry of Housing launches “Light House Projects challenge”

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has launched “Light House Projects challenge” for States/ UTs to select six sites across the country for constructing the Lighthouse projects under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC- India).

• The winning six States/ UTs that score the highest marks across the prescribed criteria will be awarded lighthouse projects.

• The selected sites for lighthouse projects will be used as an ‘open laboratory’ for live demonstration. The States/ UTs will receive Central Assistance to construct these projects as per PMAY (U) guidelines.