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 ideas and methodologies on reducing urban poverty, paying particular attention to the changes that can be triggered by the practice of community savings. As local communities struggle to improve their development options, this practice has demonstrated staying power and relevance in many different nations, cities and contexts, …
The Sri Lankan government is stepping up is housing construction efforts to provide homes for the underserved settlements in the capital Colombo and adjoining areas. A proposal forwarded by the President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Defence Minister to build 1,930 housing units for the low income families …
The state government is planning to reconsider development of 2,177 hectares of salt pan land in Mumbai. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday indicated that saltpan land, which is under Centre’s control, needs to be explored to strengthen its land bank as affordable housing projects could come up there. But, …
Delhi Govt. to pay their share of cost in Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojna While it has failed to construct the promised number of flats for the slum dwellers under the Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana, the Delhi Government on Monday handed out an olive branch by offering to pay the Rs.60,000 …
AIZAWL: The Central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas of the eight Northeastern states, an official release said here Sunday. “Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 134 projects with a cost …
A Public consultation on Friday to hear suggestions and objections to a proposed interim development plan for the land occupied by the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) saw a series of organisations representing slumdwellers on airport land, an academician from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and activists of …
The Sri Lankan government is to spend over 950 million rupees to build 500 housing units for the slum dwellers in the Sri Lankan capital. The Cabinet approved a proposal forwarded by the President to build two 10-storied buildings comprising 500 housing units at Dematagoda at a cost of Rs.952.62 …
Experience shows that it gives the analytical framework and a reliable instrument for Rajiv Awas Yojana The recent launch of the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) by the government of India to create slum-free cities has occurred against the backdrop of an interesting exploration by the government — to allow cities …
The Delhi government's scheme replacing the public distribution system with cash transfers is a "total fraud" as the poor would not benefit from receiving a fixed sum when the prices of essential items were rising, NGO Rozi Roti Adhikar said today. The NGO kicked off a 20-day yatra across the …
A survey conducted across nine states by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Allahabad University suggests that the much maligned system has revived, prodded by politics, good governance and the apex court. It also found the poor to be averse to cash transfers Kotri is a mid-sized village in …
The Asian Coalition for Community Action Program (ACCA) is a three-year program of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), and the program’s target is to support a process of city-wide upgrading in 150 Asian cities. Community people are the primary doers in planning and implementing projects in which they …
Most slum dwellers in Delhi do not have access to household toilets and the community toilets are in a pathetic condition, a World Health Organisation (WHO)-supported study revealed today. Delhi Healthy Urban Project was conducted by the Sulabh International Academy of Environmental Sanitation and Public Health in east, west and …
SAMBALPUR: Even as the Forest Department is making tall claims of protecting the Budharaja reserve forest, several illegal encroachments have come up in the area. Located in the heart of Sambalpur town, the reserve forest was once spread across 133 acres. It has, however, reduced to 75 acres now. An …
Morbidity and its treatment can be potentially burdensome or even catastrophic for poor households. While public policy has shown some response to this phenomenon, there is scope for improvement of the coverage of the programmes. Health insurance schemes like the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana cover only conditional hospitalisation expenses. This …
Even as results of a pilot study on direct cash transfers in lieu of rations are still awaited, postal staff in Delhi are getting slum-dwellers to open accounts. “We are being asked to pay Rs 50 and submit two photos, after which money will be transferred in our post office …
Mayor Prasanna Earnest has said that the Kollam Corporation aims at a slum-free city at the earliest through the implementation of the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). Kollam has become the first city in the State to complete the basic formalities to implement the Central scheme. According to Ms. Earnest, the …
Kollam has become the first City Corporation in the State to finish the preliminary work including surveying and mapping of slums in the run-up to the rollout of the Rs 350-crore Rajiv Awaz Yojna (RAY) scheme. Based on the socio-economic survey which will be completed fully by August 15, the …
‘Land acquisition a hurdle for RAY implementation’ NEW DELHI: Meghalaya has supported the grand idea of a slum-free India through the maiden initiative of Rajiv Awas Yojana, but at the same time expressed difficulties to implement the same since the hill State, which falls under the Sixth Schedule of the …
In the Municipal Council budget, nothing was earmarked for slums. At that time, Executive Officer K K Jain reasoned that the slums were on Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) land for non-allocation of funds. Now, a special grant of Rs 70 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government for …
