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Affordable housing, rental expansion and RERA reforms set to define next growth phase in India's urban region: ReportIndia's housing sector is set for a major overhaul, driven by urbanization and policy shifts. A report highlights the urgent need for affor...
Last Orders: Delhi Gymkhana Club told to vacate 27-acre Lutyens' plotThe Delhi Gymkhana Club must vacate its Lutyens' Delhi property by June 5. The Land and Development Office requires the 27.3-acre plot for ...
Plans afoot for urban slums survey in 2027India will conduct a nationwide survey on urban slums in 2027. This survey will gather detailed information on living conditions in these s...
2,400 slums in Mumbai and 675 in Delhi: Government in Lok SabhaAccording to the 2011 Census, the population of Delhi was around 1.68 crore while Mumbai's population was 1.24 crore.
Fewer parents in urban slums of Delhi feel girls should repress their anger: Sesame Workshop India Study20.32% parents felt their children learnt how to manage their own feelings better with support of adults as compared to before, with a 15.4...
29k flats ready in Delhi, poor still in no-man’s landOver 29,000 ready-to-move flats constructed for the urban poor under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in Delhi have lain vac...
Housing for all by 2022 faces 'slum challenge'Under the in-situ development sub-scheme of PM Awas Yojna (PMAY-Urban), slum dwellers will get houses at the same location to ensure their ...
Government needs at least Rs 50,000 crore to make Delhi slum-freeDelhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board is learnt to have sent a detailed report in this regard to the urban development department.
About half of slums reported no change in basic amenities, says National Sample Survey reportIn an estimated 17 per cent of all urban slums, drainage facilities did not exist either 5 years earlier, or on the date of survey.
- 8.8 million families live in 33,510 urban slums
It said 33,510 slums were estimated to be in the urban areas of the country of which 41 per cent were notified.
People in urban slums contribute over 7% of GDP: Study"Assuming urban GDP is about 60% of total GDP, the total contribution of informal settlement dwellers to urban GDP of India is 7.53%," said...
- Delhi slum dwellers to get ownership rights of flats
In a relief to slum dwellers, the Delhi government today decided to give ownership rights of flats given to them through a central city mod...
- Flat allotment to slum dwellers in Delhi to begin on January
Delhi govt will start allotment of low-cost flats to slum dwellers in the city from next month and in the first phase 1,400 dwelling units ...
- Rs 36,000 cr for basic services to urban poor, slums: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said his government will invest Rs 36,000 crore in programmes for providing basic services to urba...
- Govt to roll out Rs 225k cr plan to house slum dwellers
In its most ambitious bid ever to house 6-crore slum dwellers and realise the vision of a slum-free India, the government is rolling out a ...
- Why Slum Rehabilitation Is Good money chasing bad
The number of slum dwellers in India had risen from 28 million in 1981 to almost 70 million at the latest count.
- Slum-free? Don't even dream
At a conference of the India-Gulf Co-operation Council on 29th May, M Ramachandran, secretary, Union ministry of urban development, while d...