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The adaptation imperative: Subnational action and India’s heat challengeAt present, more than three-quarters (76%) of India’s population is at high or very high risk of extreme heat.- Slum Rehabilitation Authority identifies 18 more clusters across Mumbai region for redevelopmentThe Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has identified 18 more slum clusters across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for redevelopment under ...
- 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...
- No IIT, IIM. Bengaluru techie’s family once lived in a single room in Mumbai slum. Viral post shares how he landed a Rs 30 LPA job and later worked at GoogleRaj Vikramaditya's inspiring journey from Mumbai's slums to Google and entrepreneurship is a testament to his perseverance. Despite early s...
- Mumbai’s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housingMumbai's booming real estate market sees global financial giants occupying luxury towers while low-income residents like taxi driver Ramu V...
- Studied under streetlights, fought mosquitoes: MP slum girl tops class 12 with 98.8%; says 'my father's eyes screamed: succeed or we’ll sink'Class 12 results: 18-year-old Chandni Vishwakarma from a Bhopal slum has topped the MP Board Class 12 exams 2026 with an outstanding 98.8%,...
- Dharavi redevelopment gathers pace; 11,000 rehab homes planned on railway landThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project is accelerating, and residents in Sector-6 on railway land have been urged to cooperate and vacate homes....
- Government looking to make Mumbai slum free, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal“Nobody likes to live in slums, it’s a compulsion. It’s on us how we can get them out of the slums, give them a life of dignity and self-re...
- Only half of urban slum households surveyed in 6 states use LPG exclusively: CEEWThe survey was conducted in urban slums across the six states. It covered 656 households across 83 notified and non-notified urban slums in...
- Latest sero survey results come in as a dampener for BMC and Maharashtra governmentThe sero survey results released on Thursday indicated that 45% of the slum population and 18% of people living in buildings had been expos...
- Centre, states should reach understanding on Land Bill: Venkaiah Naidu"The sooner, the better the states and the Centre come to an understanding with regard to the Land Aquisition Bill," he said.
- Slum population has risen to 6.55 croreNaidu, who was quoting the figures of 2011 census, said 57 % of the slums have access to drinking water and 37 have common drainage.
- Slum population rose by 130 lakh between 2001 and 2011: GovernmentNo slum population has been reported in Manipur, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshdweep in 2011, Naidu said.
- Census 2011 missed 5 crore slum dwellersThrough a bunch of omissions, Census 2011 appears to seriously underestimate the number of slum dwellers in India, putting it at 6.5 crore ...
- Slum dwellers to get property rights in poll-bound OdishaOdisha government has decided to enact a law for their rehabilitation, giving them property rights to stop eviction.
- Despite ownership documents, urban poor fear eviction without noticeIn Mumbai, 30% households don't have ownership or tenancy documents and one in five feel insecure against eviction, says the UN's Millenniu...
- Slum-dwellers to get land title deeds in KarnatakaKarnataka Cabinet cleared a policy seeking to give land title deeds to slum-dwellers, remove hurdles in constructing dwelling units in such...
- Dwellers of pre-1995 slums in Maharastra eligible for rehabilitationIn a relief to lakhs of slum-dwellers , Maharashtra decided to make the current residents eligible for rehab.
- Proper development strategy needed for Indian cities and townsWe need a well integrated urban development strategy so that our 7,935 cities and towns can play a more central role in the economy.
- Slum-free? Don't even dreamAt a conference of the India-Gulf Co-operation Council on 29th May, M Ramachandran, secretary, Union ministry of urban development, while d...
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