Basic Services for Urban Poor
The project implementation units (PIUs) of basic services for urban poor (BSUP) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), which take care of housing schemes totaling to Rs. 450 Crores in three different corporations are exploring for a merger. The PIUs will be merged as per the rules issued by the ministry of housing and urban poverty [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi: The Kochi Corporation had requested the state government for an exemption to provide individual housing loans to families belonging to below poverty line (BPL) under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme. But the government failed to take up the request following which apprehensions have been raised about the successful implementation of the scheme. According [...] Continue Reading »
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation blames that the developers and contractors who involved in the housing for slum-dwellers welfare programme in Thane have reaped huge profits. The JNNURM-funded Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme in Thane, was launched six years ago in order to provide near-free housing for the poor in areas like Tulsidham, [...] Continue Reading »
As the new projects under second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are being assigned to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), old projects under JNNURM-I worth Rs 800 crore still lie unfinished. The actual deadline given was 2012 but the center gave extra time till 2014. A total of ten projects are [...] Continue Reading »
