Over 11 million houses are lying unused and vacant in urban India reveals this new report on urban housing shortage for the 12th plan period (2012-17) released by the Ministry of Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation.
The technical group on estimation of urban housing shortage for the Twelfth Plan (TG-12) was constituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, with terms of reference are as: to review the methodology adopted for estimation of urban housing shortage and propose a sustainable and viable methodology; estimation of housing shortage and housing requirement at national and state level in urban areas during the 121th plan period; and to suggest a mechanism for strengthening the system of collection housing statistics and developing a national data base for urban areas.
See Also
Feature: Market happy, but civil society finds it lacking. [2]
Feature: Court questions sealing relief... [3]
Report: Houselisting and housing census [4]
Report: Urban Livelihoods Mission. [5]
Report: Rajiv Awas Yojana. [6]
Report: Housing condition and amenities [7]
Report: Reforms proposed for Rajiv Awas Yojana. [8]
Report: Standing committee report on urban housing. [9]
Policy: National urban housing policy. [10]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/report-technical-group-tg-12-urban-housing-shortage-2012-17
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/real-estate-market-happy-civil-society-finds-it-lacking
[3] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/court-questions-sealing-relief-law
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/houselisting-and-housing-census-data-highlights-2011
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/national-urban-livelihoods-mission-draft-mission-document
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/rajiv-awas-yojana-guidelines-slum-free-city-planning
[7] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/housing-condition-and-amenities-india-2008-09
[8] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/draft-recommendations-working-group-urban-poverty-reforms-proposed-rajiv-awas
[9] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/urban-housing-standing-committee-urban-development-2008-2009
[10] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/html/www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/national-urban-housing-and-habitat-policy-2007
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-housing-and-urban-poverty-alleviation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-housing
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/building-materials
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing-construction
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
