Two-day workshop has been organised at Bhopal from October 19 to discuss the procedure to make available home to the poor and homeless under Chief Minister Rural Housing Mission. This workshop will be held at the Academy of Administration.

High economic growth coupled with rapid urbanization and a rising middle class have created considerable demand for housing and housing finance in South Asia. More than 14% of low-income families in the region have no home. While housing and housing finance markets have grown at a rate of 30%, it is the upper-income families that benefitted the most.

Dibrugarh, Sept. 12: The Assam government has drawn up a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate 40 families who have been residing at Gorpara crematorium for 10 years now, government sources today said.

Eleven other families who had lost their land will be also rehabilitated at Hatiali, 10km from Gorpara.

BHUBANESWAR: Under the scheme -

Govt, In New Policy, Aims To Provide Durable & Disaster-Proof Homes With Help From NGOs

New Delhi: The Centre wants all

INDIRA Awaas Yojana, the Manmohan Singh government

IN A move that is certain to help the ruling DMK in next assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the Karunanidhi government has drawn an ambitious plan to rid the state of all huts, or temporary houses, in the rural areas by the year 2016.

The UPA government's policies on infrastructure have not translated into any substantial benefits for the poor.

Over 35,000 habitations have been connected with all weather roads and over 1,90,000 km existing rural roads have been upgraded/renewed since Bharat Nirman was launched

A prominent feature of Budget 2010, like the previous United Progressive Alliance budgets, is the continued support to the Bharat Nirman

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