New technology to help make houses affordable
In a country where people do not have so much to spend on building materials, promoters of plastic bottles for building say that such houses made from plastic are estimated to cost just about one-third
Lowcost Housing
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Homes for urban poor a reality soon
Five years after it was first proposed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), chief minister Arjun Munda on Thursday kicked-off the process of constructing dwelling units
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Gwalior division constructs 8,400 houses for weaker section
On the special initiative of the State Government, the Gwalior division has reached a target of constructing 8,400 houses under Indira Housing Scheme. With this, Gwalior has constructed total 3,000 houses
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State To Get Rs.1000 Crore Under Rajiv Awas Yojna
A sum of Rs. 1000 crore is expected to be received from the Union Government under Rajiv Awas Yojna, which aims at making available their own dwellings to the urban poor. Berasia Road and Chhola Road in
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18,000 flats built, only 87 were allotted
New Delhi: A cheap house at Bawana under the Rajiv Ratna Awaas Yojna
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New project in offing for slum-dwellers
BHUBANESWAR: With a rise in the number of slum-dwellers, the State Government is gearing up to prepare a new project to rehabilitate them in a proper manner. The project, which will focus on improving the livelihood of the slum-dwellers, is an extension of the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) which was implemented in February this year.
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Slum dwellers will develop own houses: Medha Patkar
Slum dwellers should develop their own land where builder will not have any crucial role to play, says social activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday.
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Funds for Housing Urban Poor, Solar Power get Cabinet Okay
The central government has decided to establish a . 1,000 crore mortgage risk guarantee fund to facilitate lending for housing for the urban poor and also announced a low-cost housing scheme that could benefit from the funds.
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Govt readies law to ensure housing for all
New Delhi: Right to housing is set to get a fillip, with the government finalizing a model law mandating minimum housing space of 24 sq m to every homeless person.
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Affordable homes at the cost of saltpans?
MUMBAI: An expert panel formed by the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), a government think-tank on infrastructure projects for the city, has recommended unlocking certain No Development Zone (NDZ) areas and saltpan lands in order to accommodate more affordable housing projects.
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Allocation of flats for slum dwellers from June: Minister
The allocation of the 16,000 flats constructed for slum dwellers under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission would begin from June, Delhi Urban Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said on Wednesday following a visit to a camp organised in this connection at Raja Garden. Mr.