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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicAccessible Housing

Topic: Accessible Housing

Eye on polls, govt unveils housing scheme for middle class & 2 cr more PMAY-Gramin houses in Budget

According to the Interim Budget, extra 2 crore houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna-Gramin will be made in 5 yrs. Plan to launch a special housing scheme was announced by Modi last yr

Slums aren’t just a global scale problem – they’re also a world-class opportunity

A global push to improve informal settlements would have a transformative economic impact. Some countries’ GDP would increase as much as 10.5%.

PMAY-Urban report card — UP & Gujarat top in constructing most affordable houses, Sikkim last

Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh also fare well in delivery of affordable homes to urban poor. Among UTs, Delhi tops with 27,308 houses while Andaman & Nicobar is at bottom with 45.

Accessible homes for disabled Indians is not a favour, it’s an obligation

Most builders and promoters don’t care about making Indian buildings accessible to persons with disabilities. That’s against the law.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.