Self-reliance and innovation through affordable rental housing January 18, 2021, 9:30 PM IST
Introduction
The world is facing the pandemic of Covid-19 and India has been at the forefront of the strategic response in the fight against it. A major impact of this crisis was the lockdown of industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors in the country. This naturally resulted in large scale reverse migration of urban migrants and poor swarmed back to the rural areas in the security of their homes. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) rose to the occasion by initiating Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) scheme to address the issue of housing for the workforce through a comprehensive policy push to enable both the Public and Private Entities for their proactive participation in the scheme. The Union Cabinet approved Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of the ongoing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana– Urban (PMAY-U). The sche
Gujarat anti-land grab Act comes into force, district bodies to probe cases
By IANS |
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Wed, Dec 16 2020 16:03 IST |
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Gandhinagar, Dec 16 : The Gujarat Land Grabbing Prohibition Act, 2020 came into force from Wednesday. Under the Act, which is aimed at preventing the forceful takeover of land from farmers, private landowners, government institutions, the government has formed seven- member committees at the district level to probe such cases.
Under this act, which was brought in the monsoon session of the state assembly this year, the Gujarat government has formed seven-member committees headed by the district collectors, which will probe such cases of land grabbing. The other members of the panel are the District Development Officer (DDO) for district Panchayats, the Municipal Commissioners for municipal corporation areas, the CEO of Area Development Authorities, the Superintendent of Police (SP), the Police Commissioners of the concer