Five years after it was first proposed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), chief minister Arjun Munda on Thursday kicked-off the process of constructing dwellin
A sum of Rs. 1000 crore is expected to be received from the Union Government under Rajiv Awas Yojna, which aims at making available their own dwellings to the urban poor.
BHUBANESWAR: With a rise in the number of slum-dwellers, the State Government is gearing up to prepare a new project to rehabilitate them in a proper manner. The project, which will focus on improving the livelihood of the slum-dwellers, is an extension of the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) which was implemented in February this year.
The central government has decided to establish a . 1,000 crore mortgage risk guarantee fund to facilitate lending for housing for the urban poor and also announced a low-cost housing scheme that could benefit from the funds.
New Delhi: Right to housing is set to get a fillip, with the government finalizing a model law mandating minimum housing space of 24 sq m to every homeless person.
MUMBAI: An expert panel formed by the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), a government think-tank on infrastructure projects for the city, has recommended unlocking certain No Development Zone (NDZ) areas and saltpan lands in order to accommodate more affordable housing projects.
The allocation of the 16,000 flats constructed for slum dwellers under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission would begin from June, Delhi Urban Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said on Wednesday following a visit to a camp organised in this connection at Raja Garden.
