Urban poverty

Budget provides impetus to affordable Housing: Minister 17 March 2012

She also said that these steps will go a long way in actualizing the growth of housing sector in general and affordable housing sector in particular, in the country..  Construction services relating to residential dwelling and low cost mass housing...

Keywords: Credit Guarantee Trust Fund, HUDCO, Credit Guarantee Trust Fund, HUDCO

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Venkaiah Naidu takes charge 28 May 2014

BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu took charge as union minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs short while ago. A day after taking oath as minister Venkaiah took the charge.

Keywords: Quick News, Parliamentary Affairs, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Venkaiah Naidu Takes orthVenkaiah Naidu takes oath as union minister

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Employment scheme for urban educated unemployed 03 May 2012

The following nodal training institutes are selected : Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), Hyderabad;  Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), New Delhi; Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), Lucknow; Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies...

Keywords: urban poor, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, self employment ventures

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Poverty level in India declines: report 20 March 2012

Poverty ratio in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttarakhand has declined by about 10 percentage points and more. The number of poor in India has declined by 7.3 percentage points to 29.8 per cent...

Keywords: marginal declines, rural poverty, marginal declines, Tendulkar Committee report

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