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Topic: Slums

Nearly decade after Kalkaji slum rehab foundation was laid, here’s how DDA built 1st 3,000+ flats

PM Modi inaugurated over 3,000 flats Wednesday for rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Delhi. Beneficiaries paid Rs 1.24 lakh each for the flats, while rest of the cost was borne by DDA.

Modi inaugurates flats for Delhi slum-dwellers as BJP works to wrest civic poll votes from AAP

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday inaugurated 3,024 flats for families falling under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the capital, handing over...

Hidden agendas, corruption, tokenism—why social work and politics cannot survive together

In ‘The Slum Queen’, visual artist Rouble Nagi documents the journey of her ‘Misaal India’ campaign and how she painted slums in Mumbai.

Strict deadlines, amnesty, new developers — Uddhav govt’s plan to speed Mumbai’s slum projects

Maharashtra’s Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) will create a list of empanelled developers chosen through the tender route to complete projects that have been stuck for years.

SC extends interim order on demolition of nearly 5,000 jhuggis in Gujarat till 1 September

The plea alleged that the order of demolition, without providing rehabilitation scheme for over 10,000 slum dwellers, is illegal, inhuman and violates Article 21 of the Constitution.

Nobody will be evicted until final decision taken, Centre tells SC in Delhi slum removal case

The top court on 31 August had directed the removal of around 48,000 slum dwellings along the railway tracks in Delhi within three months.

Supreme Court order on slums removal brings focus back on Delhi’s ‘jhuggi politics’

Both AAP and BJP had used the tagline, 'Jahan Jhuggi, Wahan Makaan', while campaigning for the 2015 assembly elections and the 2017 municipal elections in Delhi.

SC directs removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along Delhi railway tracks within 3 months

The top court also restrained any court from granting any stay on removal of encroachments in the area and said there shouldn't be any kind of political interference.

‘New class of poor’ emerging after job losses in lockdown, 95.8% BPL slum families hit: Study

Covid lockdown affected primary source of income and led to job losses among poor, finds a survey by National Institute of Urban Affairs in slums in 12 cities.

Job loss, rent and exodus — Covid-19 crisis tells us migrants need housing security

Practising social distancing and staying home to fight the coronavirus is not possible for migrant workers without housing security.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.