The Union government should ascertain the details of constructed pucca houses, and toilets built under the Swachh Bharat mission, benefits under the Ujjwala gas Scheme, `doubling' of farmers' income, household electrification, and the status of employment of beneficiaries of skill development programs in the last 12 years, he said. Members of the opposition (BJP and others) should join him to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urge them to conduct the Census, Baghel said. As many as 8.44 lakh houses have been constructed in Chhattisgarh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), he said. Against the target of 11,76,150 houses, 11,76, 067 houses or 99.99 percent of the target have been sanctioned, he added.

Further, 71.79 percent of houses have been completed and Chhattisgarh was better than Assam, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka on this score, the CM said. “If the Central government does not conduct a survey of eligible beneficiaries under the housing scheme, then the state government will hold a fresh survey between April 1 and June 30,” he added.