The new Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, said that the government will meet the targets that have been instituted.

Addressing journalists after taking charge he said: “There are two sets of targets, some to be achieved by 2019 and some by 2022. If challenges are not met in two years, they can’t be met even in six years. Going by the progress on ground, they can be met.”

An official statement said that Puri reviewed the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme and sought information about aspects of the target of ensuring decent pucca houses to all the needy urban poor by 2022. He also queried about the expected demand for affordable housing in urban areas besides well-performing and not so well-performing States.