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Share your views on National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, 2015

Share your views on National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, 2015
Start Date :
Feb 16, 2015
Last Date :
Mar 04, 2015
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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The Government of India has been formulating National Housing Policies to provide guidance to the State Governments to meet the growing housing shortage. The first every Housing ...

The Government of India has been formulating National Housing Policies to provide guidance to the State Governments to meet the growing housing shortage. The first every Housing Policy was announced in May, 1988. The National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy (NUHHP), 2007 is currently under force. A copy of the same is available at http://mhupa.gov.in/policies/duepa/HousingPolicy.2007.pdf. It is desired that the existing policy be revised to reflect the changes in the past years and taking forward the objective of “Housing for All” by 2022.

In this regard inputs are elicited for new “National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy, 2015” on the following:

1. What should be the role of Government of India in promoting “Housing for All” by 2022?
2. What should the State Governments do in achieving the said objective?
3. What should be the role of ULBS’s?
4. What role can the State Housing Boards/Corporations and other state entities play in this objective?
5. What are the key learnings from Urban Local Bodies in implementation of housing programmes?
6. What role can the private sector play in “Housing for All” by 2022?
7. What is the role of industries?
8. What should be the role of individual?
9. How to mobilize financial resources for this objective?
10. What kind of legal and regulatory frameworks are required to facilitate housing in general and “Housing for All” in particular?
11. How can more urban land be made available for housing?
12. How can linkage between employment/livelihood and housing be made more robust?
13. How to promote new building technologies for faster, robust, sustainable and environment friendly homes especially mass housing?

The last date for submission of your comments is 3rd March, 2015.

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Prasoon Chaturvedi
Prasoon Chaturvedi 11 years 6 months ago
if we can have single development body for a town/ city / urban area. which can address all the issue of urbanisation the given city/ town. today in a town/ city. for a permission a person have to co-ordinate with 5-6 different dept. and the time span is 2 to 18 months for an approval which is inpratical, we should have a single window system which is possible, and for the services for habitat if a single agecy is in the town/ city it would do the work then to co-ordinate with other agency.
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Jyotirmoy Daw
Jyotirmoy Daw 11 years 6 months ago
1. Develop rental only housing projects to meet housing needs of many who come for job and will move on to another city for a different job 2. Govt should lease land to developers who can then raise low cost loans from FDI or pension funds and service the loan from rental income. 3" govt own assets, funds make safe investment and common man gets housing
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harshvardhan khemka
harshvardhan khemka 11 years 6 months ago
Instead of subsidizing developers on land, we should provide interest free loan or low interest loan to first time home owners. First preference to man/woman above 40 with family.
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Prasoon Chaturvedi
Prasoon Chaturvedi 11 years 6 months ago
Firstly, we have to understand that the implementing bodies are Development bodies likely Development Authorities like DDA, Nagar Nigams, Nagar Parishad, Nagar Palikas, Zila Prishad, Gram Panchayat etc, the co-ordination in these bodies is still missing after 66 years constitution formation. the revenue record of nation is on khares and jamabandies which is inaqurated and still not digitised. all the basic needs are laking, 135l/c/p water supply, food, electricity needs should be address firstly
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
There is a need to create a policy on employment of housemaids. Their minimum pay, working hours, holidays, employment benefits, insurance, safety standards, all need to be defined. House owners who employ them need to be made accountable for their financial and physical well-being. This may sound counterintuitive, but unless maids become more unaffordable, people will not learn cleanliness by themselves. This has a direct impact on PM Modi's swachh bharat campaign.
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Make our cities easy to cycle in. These require broad cycling tracks that rarely (if ever) cross main roads. Cycle crossing points could be combined with pedestrian zebra crossings. More cycles means less cars and two-wheelers, means less pollution and higher traffic capacity (in terms of people movements).
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Ideally, a citizen should be able to walk or cycle from one end of the city to another without ever crossing hazardous roads. This can be achieved by using broad walkways that cross UNDER roads. Yes, the initial costs will be higher, but the potential long term savings and benefits will be immense. Walkways and footpaths need to be broad enough so that four people can cross each other without scraping shoulders; i.e., a minimum width of 3 metres.
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Cities need to grow vertically to avoid spreading out sideways. The latter results in a huge urban sprawl that wastes time, fuel and causes increase in stress and breakdown of urban infrastructure. Vertical growth can be useful in creating open, green, common spaces that also serve as the city's lungs
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Mass transit should be built into a new city, not set up as an afterthought. It should be so common that people would think twice about taking out their own cars or scooters. For that, it needs to be clean, efficient, regular and ample. Regarding the last point, the volume should be such that not more than 10-15% of riders need to stand, otherwise many people will choose the comfort of their cars. Mass transit boarding/alighting points need to be within 500 metres of any part of the city
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Atul Bhatia
Atul Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Make our cities walkable. This requires pavements that are broader than roads and don't have obstructions for the elderly and differently abled. If people are able to walk till the nearest bus station, metro station, shopping centre, school, hospital etc., not only will they be healthier, but pollution from vehicles will reduce, as will fuel consumption and noise pollution. Of course, strict policing will be required to ensure that hawkers and two-wheelers do not take over these pavements
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