PMAY-U Awards 2026

As part of the PMAY-U Awards 2026, Best Performing States/UTs under PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0 were felicitated, along with ULBs, partner agencies/stakeholders recognising their performance in implementing housing initiatives, including rental housing.

This recognition encourages healthy competition, promotes best practices and inspires stakeholders to strengthen the delivery of affordable and quality housing across the country, fulfilling the goal of Housing for All.

S. N.	Awards Category	Winners
Best Performing States/UTs under PMAY-U
Major States (Group I)
1.	Best Performing State in Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) vertical under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban	1st Position - Uttar Pradesh
		2nd Position - Gujarat
		3rd Position - Madhya Pradesh
North-Eastern, Hilly States and UTs (Group II)
2.	Best Performing State in North-Eastern & Hilly States and Union Territories in Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) vertical under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban	1st Position - Arunachal Pradesh
		2nd Position - Ladakh
		3rd Position - Nagaland
3.	Best Performing State/UT in Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) vertical under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Best Performing States/UTs under PMAY-U 2.0
Major States (Group I)
4.	Best Performing State with highest percentage of groundings against total sanction of houses under PMAY-U 2.0	1st Position - Andhra Pradesh
		2nd Position - Bihar
		3rd Position - Uttar Pradesh
North-Eastern, Hilly States and UTs (Group II)
5.	Best Performing North-Eastern & Hilly States and Union Territories with highest percentage of groundings against total sanction of houses under PMAY-U 2.0	1st Position - Puducherry
		2nd Position - Arunachal Pradesh
		3rd Position - Uttarakhand
Special Recognition Awards
1.	Best Performing PLI for highest number of loans sanctioned under ISS	HDFC Bank
2.	Best Practice of Town Planning Scheme (TPS) procedure	Gujarat
3.	Best Practice of Shelter Fund	Tamil Nadu
4.	Best Practice of Mandatorily Land Reservation for EWS/LIG in private colonies for AHP vertical	Chhattisgarh
5.	Fastest Completed Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) Project under PMAY-U 2.0 (Naidupetta, Tirupati Urban Development Authority, Andhra Pradesh)	Premier Energy Global Environment Pvt. Ltd.
6.	Public Agency with highest number of houses Completed and Operational under ARHCs	State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) Limited
7.	Private Agency with highest number of houses Completed and Operational under ARHCs	SPR Group
8.	Special Recognition for Highest Percentage of Houses Sanctioned against target under PMAY-U 2.0 among Large States	Bihar
9.	State with Highest number of Reforms achieved under PMAY-U 2.0	Gujarat
		Odisha
ULB Level Awards
1.	Best Performing ULB (1-5 Lakh Population) for highest completion of BLC houses against total sanction in PMAY-U	Uluberia, West Bengal
2.	Best Performing ULB (Below 1 Lakh Population) for highest completion of BLC houses against total sanction in PMAY-U	1st Position: Kailasahar, Tripura
		2nd Position: Khowai, Tripura
		3rd Position: Waraseoni, Madhya Pradesh