No coercive action will be taken against slum dwellers along railway tracks in Delhi: Govt to SCA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that he had made a statement before the apex court on ...
24 Nov, 2020, 05.01 PM IST
Won't dismantle encroachment without decision taken jointly with Urban Development Ministry, Delhi govt: RailwaysIn the August 31 order, the apex court had ordered removal of the slums within three months. It is estimated that around 2.4 lakh people li...
14 Sep, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
No slum dwellers along railway tracks in Delhi will be removed till decision is taken: Centre to SCA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that a final decision would be taken in consultati...
14 Sep, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
Congress leader Ajay Maken moves SC for rehabilitation of dwellers along rail tracks before evictionThe plea referred to a 1986 Constitution bench verdict of the top which held that there can be no justification for denying an opportunity ...
11 Sep, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
Slum dwellings pose challenge as Mumbai fights coronavirus outbreakAs coronavirus situation spirals, slum dwellings in Mumbai, where more than half of the city's 12 million population live in crammed space ...
26 Apr, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
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 ...
15 Aug, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
Demolition drives: NHRC sends notices to Delhi government, Railway board chairmanNHRC said it had sent the notices after taking suo motu cognisance of media reports regarding the demolition of slum dwellings at two place...
15 Dec, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
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.
13 Apr, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Rehabilitate slums near railway tracks in six months: NGT to DUSIBA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar expressed concern over the "inaction" on the part of all the concerned authoritie...
24 Mar, 2015, 04.41 AM IST
Slums contribute over 7.5% to GDP: StudyAt an all India level, 36% of slum households do not have basic facilities of electricity, tap water and sanitation within the house premis...
16 Oct, 2013, 04.39 AM IST
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 ...
12 Oct, 2013, 11.46 AM IST
- RBI ups housing loan limit to Rs 10 lakh for weaker section
In bid to promote housing for low income groups in major cities, Reserve Bank today doubled the limit for home loans to Rs 10 lakh for cons...
25 Apr, 2012, 10.41 PM IST
- Slum-dwellers to get land title deeds in Karnataka
Karnataka Cabinet cleared a policy seeking to give land title deeds to slum-dwellers, remove hurdles in constructing dwelling units in such...
13 Jan, 2012, 06.42 PM IST
- 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 ...
19 Dec, 2011, 09.51 PM IST
- Housing shortage in urban India up 134% in last six years
They lay stretched at full length and tightly wrapped in blankets, heads and all” - is how Mark Twain had discovered Mumbai slum more than ...
13 Aug, 2007, 05.50 AM IST
- Vilasrao dwells on slums, shuns infrastructure
Mumbai was expecting chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to announce major initiatives to spruce up the creaky infrastructure in the light of ...
20 Jul, 2006, 02.22 AM IST
- Deshmukh dwells on slums
City slums, the ever-bankable political constituency, will resurface as a tricky electoral issue with several municipal corporations in Mah...
14 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST