Lowcost Housing

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …

Housing Plan: Rs 14 lakh aid for BPL families

Jammu : To review and redress the public grievances at their doorsteps, the Deputy Chief Minister today distributed 80 cheques worth Rs 14 lakh under Indira Awaas Youjna (IAY) to Below Poverty Line beneficiaries of block Khour for construction of houses and conducted a series of public meeting at Badan, …

Rehab plan for erosion-hit

Dibrugarh, Sept. 12: The Assam government has drawn up a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate 40 families who have been residing at Gorpara crematorium for 10 years now, government sources today said. Eleven other families who had lost their land will be also rehabilitated at Hatiali, 10km from Gorpara. Around two …

A RAY of hope for slum-dwellers

BHUBANESWAR: For a slum-dweller, owning a concrete house is a dream! But it

Mukhya Mantri Awas Mission to start from November 1

Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that Mukhya Mantri Gramin Awas Mission will start from November 1, foundation day of the state. The houses will be constructed for the poor persons. He said that till the end of the year 2013, the Mission will construct five …

Gas tragedy: 2000 houses to be constructed for dependents of deceased

Bhopal, Aug 25: The Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department will construct over two thousand houses at a cost of Rs 40 crore for the widows of those who died in the world's worst industrial disaster that occurred in Bhopal in 1984. For this, the department has sought 25 acre land …

Innovating solutions for India's challenges

India first needs to innovate the solution itself, and then focus on the product Arvind Singhal / New Delhi July 29, 2010, 0:03 IST Last week, Kapil Sibal unveiled the prototype of a Rs 1,500 tablet pc aimed at providing an ultra-low-cost solution targeted towards making computer literacy accessible to …

Jharia Vihar set for extension - 750 new rehab quarters on anvil for coalfield families

Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants …

State to build more houses for poor people in Hills

The state housing department will construct more houses for people belonging to lower income groups in the hills, the minister for housing and public health engineering, Mr Gautam Deb, said today. He was answering a question raised by Opposition MLAs in the Assembly. Mr Deb said he had asked the …

No huts in Tamil Nadu by 2016

IN A move that is certain to help the ruling DMK in next assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the Karunanidhi government has drawn an ambitious plan to rid the state of all huts, or temporary houses, in the rural areas by the year 2016. A government order issued by the …

Low-cost houses for urban poor soon

The State Government has chalked out a scheme 'Nanna Mane' to provide low-cost houses to people in urban areas. Disclosing this to reporters, Housing Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said three types of houses

BMC to receive award for excellence from Union Minister

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would receive the award of excellence for providing houses to the urban poor under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Notably, 15,000 houses for poor are being constructed in different identified localities of the city under the central funded scheme in question. …

Redevelopment of mill lands: HC stays stop-work notice to Bombay Dyeing

Mumbai In a relief for textile major Bombay Dyeing, the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed a stop-work notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to it for redeveloping mill lands. With the stay on the notice, the textile major can now resume construction activities on its two sprawling …

Rs 34 crore housing scheme for slum-dwellers

Yamunanagar: The Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme, a Central government scheme, has brought a new hope for slum dwellers living in unhygienic conditions and deprived of basic amenities in the district. The Centre has sanctioned a sum of Rs 34.69 crore under the programme for the construction of the …

New survey on anvil as rich grab houses built for poor

NEARLY half the houses constructed for the rural poor have been cornered by others in connivance with local politicians, the government has admitted. It is now making efforts to ensure that only the targeted segment is included in the Indira Awaas Yojana scheme.

Low-cost housing project: Punjab Land Development Company set up: chief minister

A high-level meeting was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here Tuesday to review the pace of low-cost housing project. The Chief Minister said that provision of shelter to homeless people was the priority of the present government and low-cost housing schemes were being started …

Expert panel on Rajiv Awas Yojana formed

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Union government has set up an independent eight-member expert committee to review the draft guidelines of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), a housing scheme for slum dwellers and urban poor. Chaired by Deepak Parekh, the committee will give its comments on the scheme. This was announced …

Parekh to head panel on slum redevelopment

The government has decided to refer the draft guidelines of its ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), a scheme to make India slum-free, to an independent panel. The eight-member expert panel, headed by HDFC Bank chairman Deepak Parekh, has been asked to give its recommendations within a month from its first …

44 JJ clusters to be relocated under Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana

Delhi Government has prepared a list of 44 JJ clusters which would be relocated during Commonwealth Games 2010 under its ambitious Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna. The locations of the slum clusters are bound to cause political tremor as it would the voters' politics of several constituencies. In the first phase …

TN housing scheme for 2 million families

Chennai: When it comes to proclaiming itself as the ultimate welfare state, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is really pushing the envelope. In the annual governor

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