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PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA - URBAN

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PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA - URBAN Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U), a flagship mission of Government of India being implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), was launched on June 25, 2015. The Mission addresses urban housing shortage among the EWS, LIG and MIG categories including the slum dwellers by ensuring a pucca house to all eligible urban households by the year 2022, when the nation completes 75 years of its Independence. Its logo has a blue line drawn to represent a house and a happy person with orange head, has its name written in Devanagari and English.

NO. 15 SQUADRON

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NO 15 SQUADRON The No. 15 Squadron, Air Force was formed on August 2, 1951 at Ambala. The Squadron was equipped with Spitfire MK-XVIII. In 1953, the Squadron was number plated and all the Spitfires were allotted to the newly formed Air Force Academy. The Squadron was re-formed at Ambala on November 26, 1964, equipped with Folland Gnat aircraft. In April 1969, the Units moved to Bagdogra. In 1975, the Lances moved to Pune and converted onto the supersonic MiG-21 Bis aircraft. In the year 1981, the squadron moved to Bhuj. In 1983, the ‘Flying Lances’ were the first MiG-21 Bis squadron in the Air Force to be modified for the Matra Magic R55, air to air missiles. The squadron was again number plated in 2009 and re-raised in 2012 on the Su-30 at Sirsa AFS. become the first operational fighter squadron to be armed with indigenous Astra BVR air to air missiles. The No. 15 Squadron’s motto is ‘Nihantavya Shatava’ meaning ‘Annihilate the Enemy’. This Squadron is also called