NEW DELHI: The NDA government on Tuesday created a record of sanctioning nearly 13.47 lakh houses for the poor in the past one-and-a-half years, which is more than what the UPA had approved during its two terms under two different schemes.According to housing ministry officials, 13,43, 326 houses for the poor during UPA-I and II under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojna were sanctioned. While Central assistance of only Rs 17,405 crore was committed during the previous 10-years, till Tuesday the NDA government approved central assistance of Rs 21,3337 crore, officials added.Sources Uttar Pradesh government for the first time submitted proposals for 11,286 houses for the urban poor under the Prime Minister Awas Yojna (PMAY)after housing minister M Venkaiah Naidu wrote over a dozen letters to chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Delhi is the only state that has not yet sent any proposal to the housing ministry under PMAY.Naidu said that the high pace of sanction of houses for the urban poor has become possible as states and local municipal authorities are taking decisions at their level rather than sending every single file or proposal to Delhi. Now they need to ensure that the houses are constructed as per scheduled and people get their houses in time.One of the key agenda of BJP during the last Lok Sabha election was to provide houses to all by 2022