For all proclamations of an impending doomsday from the
NGO/Activist/Planner grid, this JNNURM begins to look more and more like
an old fashioned improvement scheme. So now we are beginning to wonder
what the hue-and-cry (especially from pseudo professionals like
planners) was all about? Especially if you see the answer, below, in Lok
Sabha, and how seamlessly the tiny little JNNURM piece fits into the
Ministry's overall scheme of things.
FCA anyone?
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ref:
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=27249
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
URBAN POPULATION LIVING IN SLUMS
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17:13 IST
Lok Sabha
According to recent report of the Planning Commission based on National
Sample survey Organization (61st round) data, the number of urban poor
living below poverty line in urban areas has gone up between 1993-94 and
2004-05. This was stated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge)
for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kumari Selja in a reply to a
question by Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni in Lok Sabha today.
She further stated that as per 2001 census report, the percentage of
slum population to the total population of cities/towns reporting slums
is 23.1%. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
launched in December, 2005 aims at improvement in housing and provision
of civic amenities in slums. The Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP)
programme aims at providing housing and basic amenities to the poor in
63 Mission cities. Similarly, programmes in non-mission cities are
addressed by Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP).
Under programmes for capacity building for urban poverty alleviation,
NGOs are involved by National Resource Centres on Urban poverty and
slums in capacity building of self help groups, community organizations,
civil society groups etc. in community development, gender development,
strengthening the voice of the poor etc., she added.
NSK/DT