Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
This paper discusses the many limitations of the official poverty lines applied in Sri Lanka (and many other nations). These include poverty lines’ reliance on expert-based determination of basic food and non-food needs, the fact that they are a monetary measure and so do not measure whether food or non-food …
This publication “Empowering the Poor: through Human Rights Litigation” aims at supporting these processes. It is a pedagogical tool that seeks to guide grassroots organizations as well as State authorities in their work to eradicate poverty. This manual seeks to contribute to the development of the capacities of both duty-bearers …
MUMBAI: All slum families in Mumbai will be eligible for a house, if a proposal moved by the state housing department is approved by the government. In a move that would make slum cut-off deadlines almost irrelevant, the department has initiated a proposal to allow dwelling rights to all slumdwellers. …
Jaipur: Applicants of Phase -1 who come under the economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group (LIG) categories of the affordable housing scheme, will receive a subsidy between Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,000, sources said. They also confirmed that the Central government has approved the proposal of subsidy. The …
Bhopal : Houses will be provided to about three lakh poor families living in slums of six cities of the state under Rajiv Awas Yojna. These cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain and Sagar. An appeal will be made to the Union Government to bear 80 percent cost under …
New Delhi: The debate about planning commission’s controversial poverty line could finally be buried. The UPA is now mulling doing away with the BPL-APL divide and providing subsidized grains to all except those who get automatically excluded in the ongoing socio-economic caste census. But on the flipside, it also wants …
Jaipur: Since the much-hyped Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill 2011 is out of the government's 31 priority bills list to be tabled in Parliament in the winter session, the dream of land owners to get higher compensation is still a distant dream. The LARR Bill 2011 has …
Also orders re-examination of issuance of provisional certificates to colonies which existed only on paper A day after Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit ordered a probe into the alleged scam in which government land was sought to be usurped in the guise of regularisation of unauthorised colonies, the issue was raised …
Gehlot launches Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act, 2011 The Rajasthan Government on Monday launched its ambitious guaranteed delivery of public services as the day coincided with the 122{+n}{+d}birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended two major functions, one in Ajmer and the other in Jaipur, …
Jaipur: The Centre has approved the detailed project report (DPR) of the Rajiv Awas Yojana, an affordable housing scheme for slum dwellers under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The work for the project will be started from Kiro Ki Dhani opposite the Muhana Mandi. After the state …
The civic authorities have engaged the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco), a central agency, to prepare theme papers and detailed project reports on beautifying the city and making it slum-free. The beautification scheme will be implemented with funds provided under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, while the slum-free …
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday that Mumbai’s peculiar geography and the need to maintain the city’s economic vibrancy in spite of overcrowding are challenges before the government as it tries to implement major infrastructure, housing and transport projects. Mumbai faces “unique geographical challenges” apart from challenges of land …
The National Housing Bank (NHB) will set up a loan guarantee fund of Rs 1,200 crore for the urban poor. The broad contours of this proposal announced during the Budget 2011-12 guarantees housing loans up to Rs 5 lakh for the urban poor in metros and other cities. "The scheme …
JAIPUR: The Jaipur Developmment Authority (JDA) will soon transfer land to Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) which is facing land shortage since long. The JDA's move to transfer 20% of government land from the villages newly included in the Master Plan 2025 to the RHB came after a recent government notification. …
AHMEDABAD: Contradicting general perception that there is not enough land for accommodating the poor in the AMC city limits, a study by Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University points out that the issue is not that of unavailability, but underutilization of land. The study conducted by Cept faculty …
On the basis of the findings of the four-member committee constituted to decide on the infrastructure that would be allowed to come up in and around farm houses, the Delhi Government would submit its views to the Union Urban Development Ministry for formulation of a farm house policy. This was …
Case before Pune court over violation of green rules. Ajit Gulabchand Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) chairman and managing director Ajit Gulabchand found himself in the dock, with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board on Friday filing criminal proceedings against the promoters, directors and sundry other officials of Lavasa Corporation, a subsidiary …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against nine directors and six other officials of the Lavasa Corporation in a Pune court for violating environmental laws. Filed under Sections 15 and 16 of the Environment Protection Act (EPA), the application has named chief promoter of …
The Cabinet on Wednesday gave its final approval for the policy on land acquisition covering rehabilitation and resettlement of evictees. The policy proposes a resettlement and rehabilitation package which is an improvement upon the existing modes of fast-track acquisition. Minister for Revenue Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said that the draft policy had …
Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) marks an important advance in the approach of governments to social housing for the urban poor, slums and basic public services for poor urban settlements. The Working Group of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on Urban Poverty have examined the policy and guidelines announced by the …
