Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Government has taken steps under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)], by providing central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs),for addressing the housing requirement of the slum dwellers and other people belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)through three components of the scheme viz. “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment (ISSR), Affordable …
The Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) was conducted by the States/UTs with the financial and technical support of the Government of India through a comprehensive programme involving the Ministry of Rural Development, the Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, the Office of the Registrar General and Census …
Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ are State subjects and therefore, it is the responsibility of the State/Union Territory (UT) Governments to frame policies and implement schemes for the people living in slums. s per Census of India 2011, the total number of people living in slums in Delhi and Mumbai is 16,17,239 …
Smart Cities Mission can help in optimum utilisation of resources and make citizens happy, he said Focusing on the importance of cleanliness in the cities, a top official of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs at an event on Wednesday said that for a city to be smart it …
East Delhi Municipal Corporation improves position in Swachh Survekshan 2019 Results of the Swachh Survekshan 2019 released on Tuesday threw up a mixed bag for Delhi with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation seeing wide swings in their rankings. The South and East Corporation’s rankings …
Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) announced cleanliness awards as part of the ongoing Swachh Survekshan 2018 initiated by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan is a comprehensive examination undertaken by Government of India to assess development and achievement by cities against defined goals of the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
At least one-fourth of urban households in India don't have a separate kitchen, according to recently released data based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) carried out by the housing ministry. The survey indicates how nearly 1.7 crore urban households may be using their single room for cooking food as …
Officials of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) met the representatives of other Ministries — Finance, Defence, Culture, Civil Aviation, Environment and Forests and Climate Change — on Wednesday to set up a system through which affordable housing projects are cleared at a faster pace. At present, …
Mumbai was the first Indian city to introduce free in-situ housing for slum residents in 1998. The NDA government’s proposed ‘Housing For All’ mission will pave way for private developers to leverage public land in order to redevelop slums in-situ. The proposed policy of using land as a resource will …
Ahead of launching its ambitious ‘smart cities’ scheme, the Centre on Tuesday pushed for easing the norms for construction in urban areas by substantially reducing the number of approvals and no-objections required for taking up new projects. At a meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of seven Ministries convened by the …
In what speaks volumes about poor performance of the housing schemes for urban slum dwellers under the UPA’s key flagship programme, JNNURM, just 8.15 lakhs out of the total 14.42 lakhs sanctioned houses constructed from 2005 to June 2014. Similarly, while construction is under progress in 3.83 lakhs houses, work …
A Baradwari locality is set to be the first milestone in Jamshedpur’s journey towards becoming a slum-free city. Nearly 40,000 urban poor residing in Navjeevan Ashram in Devnagar will benefit of Centre’s flagship scheme Rajiv Awas Yojana by the end of this year. Based on a detailed project report submitted …
New independent evalution office begins study of this and rural job guarantee schemes Tamil Nadu has the best record in completion of projects and Gujarat in reforming urban laws under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. This is the initial assessment of the new Independent Evaluation Office, under the …
The Government today said there is a noticeable decline in below poverty line population in the country between 2004 and 2012. As per poverty estimates released by the Planning Commission, the percentage of population below poverty line in urban areas has declined from 25.5 per cent in 2004—05 to 13.7 …
Average project size in the State more than that in other States. Odisha has been selected as the best State for providing self employment to the urban poor under Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana (SJGRY), official sources said. The State has been selected for the National Award for 2012-13 and …
The Union Government will soon finalise a draft policy to provide non-financial incentives to encourage green buildings, said Arun Kumar Misra, Housing Secretary. INCENTIVES Addressing the Green Building Congress on Saturday, he said the Housing Ministry was supporting a number of incentives such as allowing additional built up space – …
Centre has let the States to decide their own criteria for identifying beneficiaries The S.R. Hashim Committee report on urban poor has been put in the cold storage by the UPA government. The report, submitted in December 2012 set out the criteria by which the poor living in urban areas …
The Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has committed financial assistance of Rs 2130.91 crore for 40 housing and infrastructure projects to Goa, the State Member of Parliament Shantaram Naik was informed by the Union Minister. The total cost of the project was around Rs 2853.72 crore. In …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath agree that Delhi must be decongested Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may not agree entirely on whether Delhi should grow vertically, but on Monday both concurred that the city needs to be …
Priyanka Kulkarni, 27, a communications manager with a Pune real estate firm that sells luxury homes, and her husband Mayank, an IT professional, have been looking to buy a house in the city for the past six months. A 1,000 sq ft home in many of the upcoming residential properties …
