A recent audit highlights critical shortcomings in Delhi's heatwave relief for vulnerable populations. Homeless individuals and patient att...

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released over ₹10,000 crore for rural housing to support the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin for 12 ...

Despite years of state and central schemes, Delhi’s homeless population remains dangerously underserved. Over 3 lakh people are estimated t...

The Supreme Court criticized political parties for promising freebies just before elections, stating this creates a 'class of parasites' in...

The Supreme Court criticised the practice of announcing freebies before elections, noting that it discourages people from working as they r...

Puri also said that as per the 2011 census, the total urban houseless population is over 9 lakh. The Centre also asked the states to survey...

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed Parliament regarding the progress of the flagship scheme, under which 4.5 million houses would b...

"If a person is homeless, how he is described in the Aadhaar card," the bench asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was repr...

The court also mulled over the issue of having state-wise committees to deal with the issue relating to urban homeless and implementation o...

The apex court on September 13 favoured an audit of the government funds meant for providing shelters to the urban homeless, saying the mon...

"The money is not spent by the states and the sufferers are the homeless people. How can you ensure that the money is spent? It should not ...

It appointed the committee to after the Centre informed the court that around 50% of the Rs 2,185 crore released have not been utilised by ...

The scheme comes with an aim of constructing more than 2 cr houses within a span of 7 years. The scheme, started in 2015, would end in 2022.

"It is a big scam. Your (Centre's) affidavit tells us everything. Where has the money gone?" asked a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and U ...

The apex court had directed the HUPA Ministry to convene such a meeting for taking stock of availability of shelters and file an affidavit.

It said that a report, giving details of the actions taken so far, be filed within three weeks and the meeting of the Chief Secys has to be...

While there has been a sharp reduction of homeless people in rural India, their numbers in towns and cities have increased by almost 21 per...