Applications for 1,096 units of urban housing constructed by Urban Development department under the BSUP would be received from tomorrow.

Informing Lok Sabha about extension of the BSUP scheme, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also said the 'Housing for All' scheme by 2022 woul...

Naidu, who was quoting the figures of 2011 census, said 57 % of the slums have access to drinking water and 37 have common drainage.

Germany agreed to partner with India in developing three smart cities and a six-member joint committee has been set up in this regard.

"I am not targeting any particular ULB or state because situation is same in more or less everywhere. There are ULBs controlled by BJP also...

HUDCO, a financing arm, posted profit after tax of Rs 726.34 crore for 2013-14 as against Rs 700.56 crore during the previous fiscal.

The 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna', to be launched on August 28, will provide a vital missing link in achieving the objective of "Housing ...

Eight systems known as 'Aadhar Based Bio-Metric Attendance Systems(AEBAS)' have been installed at six gates of Nirman Bhawan.

HUDCO today declared a dividend of Rs 150 crore, its highest collection so far, to the Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry.

The Central Government would soon come up with a new policy of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) to alleviate poverty in urban areas...

Govt's development strategy has worked well with initial estimates suggesting 2% decline in the incidence of poverty during 2011-12, the te...

Thomas has asked both Rural & Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministries to expedite the SECC that will be used to identify beneficiaries.

The government will make public the draft Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill, 2011 for comments from stakeholders this week.

The government today said the proposed act to regulate the real estate industry would be tabled in the coming winter session of Parliament.

The Administrative Reforms Commission has recommended a nationwide survey of the urban poor so that they can avail benefits under all pover...

Eradication of poverty, a prime focus for the UPA government, seems to have been given the short shrift. Housing and poverty alleviation mi...

Government has held pre-Budget meetings with various chambers and stakeholders recently.