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Guidelines on Rajiv Awas Yojana soon
Ms Kumari Selja
New Delhi, July 7
The Government will work towards formulating guidelines for Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) over the next 30-45 days. The draft concept note for the RAY is already ready and the Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation will meet urban experts, State secretaries and select Municipal Commissioners later this month on the issue. RAY, a new scheme announced by the President earlier this year, focuses on slum dwellers and the urban poor. “We hope that with the State Gov
ernment’s partnership we will be able to evolve a strategy to make India slum free. RAY will be launched soon and we are in the process of formulating the guidelines. We have to talk to various implementation agencies, States and others, and that takes time,” the Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ms Kumari Selja, said on the sidelines of Habitat Business Forum, organised by FICCI in partnership with UN-Habitat. The Minister said the specific outlay for the scheme will be finalised. “States will also have to show intent…they have to give property rights…they will have to send proposals,” she said. “The Minister will hold a meeting with select urban experts on July 14, and on July 20, the secretary would hold a meeting of all State secretaries and select Municipal Commissioners and Development authorities on the same,” sources said.
— Our Bureau
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