economically weaker sections
The Delhi government is planning to build 7,400 flats for the economically weaker sections in the Bhalswa-Jahangirpuri area. More than 10,000 flats built earlier under EWS scheme are still left unoccupied. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has approved the construction of 7,400 flats and a double-storey community hall in Trilokpuri. The cost of the hall [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) are constructing the affordable houses in Mumbai region for the last six decades. MHADA will announce the the sale prices for the houses this year. However the listed prices are beyond the reach of low and middle income group. The tentative cost for the houses for Economically [...] Continue Reading »
Housing is one of the basic need of an individual and not all of them do have shelter for their survival. In India alone around 27 million units of housing has been traced to be in shortage. In depth maximum of the population who lack housing are the economically weaker sections and the middle class. [...] Continue Reading »
A good news has arrived for the Economically weaker sections (EWS)! Reserve Bank of India has announced that EWS sector should be given home loan by banks on priority basis. The main motive is to categorize the revenue adequately and ensure proper flow of credit to them. A committee has been assigned the task of [...] Continue Reading »
Ejipura slum dwellers are delighted to know that new housing complex is being built for them in near future. After the recent MoU being signed between BBMP and Maverick Holdings & Investments Private Limited, economically weaker sections are happy about the news. The reason being, now they are living amidst unhygienic conditions, bad stench, improper [...] Continue Reading »
Worries of economically weaker sections and lower income groups are going to get over in case of housing sector. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has plans of providing one lakh houses to EWS and LIG group in next three years. If everything goes according to the plan then around one lakh flats will be provided which [...] Continue Reading »
The lower income groups (LIG) and The economically weaker sections (EWS) has been granted 20 percent mandatory housing norm as housing reservation fund, only in the private layouts in Hyderabad. The one acre land proposal has been requested to increase by one hector for the welfare of these sections. The mandatory rule for the cities [...] Continue Reading »
The construction activity in new developing areas on the periphery of eastern Ahmedabad has increased manifold in last three years. There is a huge demand for one and two bedroom houses which is luring many builders to build such schemes on encroached land. AMC officials pulled down 107 row houses and seven shops in Vatva. [...] Continue Reading »
3,800 houses were being allotted under economically weaker sections (EWS) housing scheme at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. After the allotments touts made their rounds at the centre specifically among those who had been allotted houses in Odhav area. They claimed to buy these houses for anything between Rs 3 and 5 lakh. [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had invited applications for the economically-weaker sections (EWS) housing scheme in February 2008.It had extended the deadline for submission of documents four times. A total 17,044 people had applied for the scheme and 13,775 were found to be eligible. The housing project for the EWS is being completed jointly by [...] Continue Reading »
