The government will introduce the 'National Urban Livelihood Mission'
during the 12th Five Year Plan for this purpose.
Mumbai: With a view to tackle urban poverty and providing affordable housing to
the poor, the central government is planning to introduce the 'National Urban
Livelihood Mission' during the 12th Five Year Plan.
Announcing
this here, Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja
said that cities were catalysts of economic growth and their importance was
underlined by the fact that more than 60 per cent of the country's GDP (gross
domestic product) was contributed by them.
"We
need to assess and plan for a pattern of inclusive, equitable and sustainable
growth since tackling urban poverty is a top agenda of the government,"
she said, inaugurating a Conclave on Urban Poverty Alleviation and Rajiv Awas
Yojana here.
"The
experience of JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) enabled
us to design Rajiv Awas Yojana, a scheme which envisions a slum-free India,
through the legal empowerment of slum dwellers by granting them legal right to
dwelling space," Kumari Selja said, reports IANS.
Stressing on
the problems of housing shortage for the urban poor as an issue affecting
inclusive growth, the Minister pointed out that presently, there was a shortage
of 6.53 million dwelling units in the country.
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