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Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
20-December-2011 16:49 IST
Committee on Housing

 

The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has constituted a Technical Group under the chairmanship of Prof. Amitabh Kundu, to estimate urban housing shortage for the 12th Five Year Plan Period (2012-17). The Composition of this group is as under:

 

S. No.

Name

Designation

1.

Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Dean, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

 

Chairman

2.

Dr. P. K. Mohanty, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (JNNURM), Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

 

Member

3.

Prof. Abhey Pethe, University of Mumbai, Mumbai

 

Member

4.

Registrar General of India

 

Member

5.

DDG, NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India

 

Member

6.

Advisor (HUD), Planning Commission

Member

7.

Prof. Neelima Risbud, School of Planning & Architecture, I. P. Estate, New Delhi

 

Member

8.

Shri R. V. Verma, CMD, National Housing Bank

 

Member

9.

Director (Housing), Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

 

Member

10.

Dr. Darshani Mahadevia, Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

 

Member

11.

Director (NBO) & Officer on Special Duty (JNNURM & RAY), Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

 

Member

 

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the Group was to submit its report by 30th November, 2011, however due to unavailability of census 2011 data on housing indicators the committee has not been able to finalize its report.

 

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