Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
With the target of providing of providing houses for all by 2022, a new integrated National Housing Mission will be launched soon by merging some of UPA flagship schemes like JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana. Noting that the gigantic task of ensuring housing for all needs large scale participation of private developers, Urban Development and [...] Continue Reading »
The Tamil Nadu Government has sought Centre’s support in implementing a host of urban infrastructure projects. These projects will be totalling several thousand crore rupees. Among the projects are two sea water desalination projects, establishment of 12 smart cities, clearance of the extension of the metro rail in North Chennai and a range of urban [...] Continue Reading »
Today the Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M.Venkaiah Naidu reviewed the status of the construction of houses in Delhi. These houses were constructed under the component of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Naidu expressed concerns over the shortfall in respect of construction of houses under JNNURM. Ever since the [...] Continue Reading »
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore (ICCIC) has sought the help of the Union Minister of Urban Development in improving the transport infrastructure in Coimbatore. They stated that the transport infrastructure in Coimbatore plays a key role in the economy of the region. The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty [...] Continue Reading »
In sync with one of the key policy initiatives of the Modi government to provide housing to the urban poor, the government is planning to expand the net of affordable housing to include more people under the various housing projects targeted at economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group (LIG). The proposal drafted by [...] Continue Reading »
In order to meet the demands of better urban living, the government has offered tax and non-tax incentives to promote investments in urban infrastructure and housing sectors. This includes REIT and InvITs and has also made provisions for increasing Plan outlay in the Budget 2014-15. After the presentation of the budget, the Urban Development and [...] Continue Reading »
A panel was set up last year under the former Competition Commission of India in order to find out ways to make approval process easier for the real estate projects. The panel has suggested a single-window clearance model for the real estate reports to get clearance easily. In this report the ministry of environment nor [...] Continue Reading »
The government is to consider giving infrastructure status to the housing sector in order to provide affordable housing to the financially weaker section. A senior official from Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) said, the proposal has already been taken up with the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India, and is expecting a [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The CAG’s performance audit of JNNURM was tabled covering the mission period of 2005-2011 on Thursday. A report based on the assessments which were conducted between April to November 2011 through test-check of records of ministries such as urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation followed by various agencies of 25 states and five union territories was [...] Continue Reading »
Pune- The civic bodies are now able to get more funds intended for homes schemes for the weaker people. The Centre recommended to create a whole new fund scheme intended for low-income communities in order to purchase or construct house. The ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation (HUPA) made a decision to up-date the [...] Continue Reading »
