Technical Group on Housing Shortage
The Technical Group on estimation of urban housing shortage of the country for the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17), has recently submitted its final report to the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. This was stated by Shri Ajay Maken, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Hamdullah Sayeed.
The Minister stated that as per the report of the Technical Group, the total housing shortage estimated at the beginning of the 12th Five Year Plan period i.e. 2012 is 18.78 million. Out of which, 10.55 million is in Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category and 7.41 million is in Low Income Group (LIG) category.
The Minister further stated that no final decision has been taken on the suggestions made by Technical Group to make housing as a part of infrastructure or declare housing as an industry.
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