The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) Mission, one of the largest public housing programs in the world, with a goal of providing all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban families by 2022. Against an assessed demand of 1.12 crore houses, so far over 1.08 crore have been sanctioned; out of this over 72 lakh have been grounded for construction and nearly 42 lakh have been completed and delivered to the beneficiaries. Under PMAY(U), a Technology Sub-Mission (TSM) has been set up with an aim to provide sustainable technological solutions for faster & cost-effective construction of houses suiting to geo-climatic and hazard conditions of the country”. TSM promotes adoption of modern, innovative & green technologies and building material for faster and quality construction of houses. It also facilitates for preparation and adoption of layout designs and building plans suitable for various geo-climatic zones.

Background - The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) Mission, one of the largest public housing programs in the world, with a goal of providing all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban families by 2022. Against an assessed demand of 1.12 crore houses, so far over 1.08 crore have been sanctioned; out of this over 72 lakh have been grounded for construction and nearly 42 lakh have been completed and delivered to the beneficiaries. Under PMAY(U), a Technology Sub-Mission (TSM) has been set up with an aim to provide sustainable technological solutions for faster & cost-effective construction of houses suiting to geo-climatic and hazard conditions of the country”. TSM promotes adoption of modern, innovative & green technologies and building material for faster and quality construction of houses. It also facilitates for preparation and adoption of layout designs and building plans suitable for various geo-climatic zones. The Country being in development phase, massive construction activities are undergoing and planned in all the States/UTs for creating affordable shelters & related infrastructures. Traditionally, houses in the country are constructed using conventional technology as in-situ reinforced cement concrete (RCC) frame & burnt clay brick masonry. With the massive construction requirement & taking into consideration the important factors such as fast depleting natural resources, achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) & international commitments to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions, there is urgent need to find alternate, sustainable and resource efficient solutions. Globally, there has been technological advancement in the area of building materials and fast track prefabricated/pre-engineered construction practices. However, the use of alternate construction technologies in our country is in a limited extent so far. Hence, there was a need to look for new emerging, disasterresilient, environment-friendly, cost-effective and speedy construction technologies which would form the basis of housing construction in India. Hon’ble Prime Minister envisaged a paradigm shift through technology transition using large scale construction under  PMAY(U) as an opportunity to get the best available construction technologies across the globe. In the light of above, MoHUA initiated Global Housing Technology Challenge India (GHTC-India) in January, 2019 which aimed to identify and mainstream globally best available proven construction technologies that are sustainable, green and disaster resilient through .