A RAY of hope for slum dwellers Rajiv Awas Yojana for urban poor launched

  • 23/06/2011

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)

GUWAHATI: The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, has been launched for slum dwellers and the urban poor on the lines of the Indira Awas Yojana for the rural poor. RAY is a right-based, reform-driven programme under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). It has been launched with the aim of creating a slum-free India by providing affordable housing for slum dwellers. A Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) source said,