By Mukesh 
The Union government has approved the construction of 5,000 new houses for the rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Manipur.
These houses will be built according to the framework of implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), the office of Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
The State government submitted a proposal for a special housing project under the PMAY-G for the IDPs affected by the ethnic violence that broke out on May 3, 2023. More than 260 people died in the violence, and some 62,000 others were displaced.
The proposal was approved after the Chief Minister met with Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at his residence in New Delhi on February 23. Deputy Chief Ministers Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho accompanied the Chief Minister.
The Rural Development Ministry also approved a special window of the Awaas+ 2024 household survey to capture the details of eligible affected households. Further, it allowed the State government to continue registering eligible affected beneficiaries under the special project of PMAY-G.
In January, the Manipur government said it planned to resettle 10,000 IDP families by March 31. The government has, so far, resettled 16,500 IDPs.