Urban poor
The government along with the private sector needs to work to increase the supply of low-income houses, and then only the target of providing housing to all by 2022 can be met. The good news is that this would translate into business opportunities of Rs Nine lakh crore for the developers. The advisory firm Deloitte mentioned [...] Continue Reading »
The Subramanyapura lake in Uttarahalli, which was left unnoticed for nearly five years, will now get a new life and the recovery work will be done by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with other civic agencies and government bodies. Higher official of BBMP visited that lake and found that the lake was illegally [...] Continue Reading »
Can the civic body make a new development plan without asking the slum dwellers? Though Mumbai city comprises of 70 percent slum dwellers, the civic body has established its new plan without consulting them. Till now the development plan has not done anything for the urban poor. The development plan has not made any housing [...] Continue Reading »
Shortage of lands seems to cease being a problem for building affordable houses in Ahmedabad. 790 acres of land acquired under Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act(ULCRA) for developing houses for the urban poor and middle class in Ahmedabad had been lying unutilised for decades and now authorities are planning to come up with housing [...] Continue Reading »
Developing affordable housing seems to gets boost in Hyderabad. The master plan of Hyderabad makes a reservation for affordable housing projects comprising a minimum area of 4 hectares. Of all the group housing schemes which include apartments, row housing, cluster housing, mixed housing units and residential enclaves, 5 per cent is reserved to be developed [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced the launch of a home loans scheme – Rajiv Housing Loan Scheme. It will provide interest subsidy on home loans of less than 5 lakh. The new housing loans scheme is aimed at the urban poor of the country. The new scheme was announced on Independence Day. The PM [...] Continue Reading »
Altogether 192 beneficiaries were allotted newly-built houses at Isopur on the outskirts of Patna under the scheme for urban poor. These houses were being constructed for the BPL families in urban areas. The CM announced that over 50,000 houses will be built in 28 cities of the state and those would not be a part [...] Continue Reading »
The Sahara India Parivar has come forward to give financial assistance to the residents of Pune worth lakhs of rupees. Subrata Roy Sahara, managing worker and chairman, Sahara India Pariwar reported saying that this scheme was one of the welfare schemes taken into the drive for the all round development of the Pune residents. Over [...] Continue Reading »
