Castles in the air

After decades of creating far-flung resettlement colonies for evicted slum dwellers — which often lacked basic services and access to employment — the Central government finally refined its thinking on slum policy and introduced the Rajiv Awas Yojana. Though not a panacea, the RAY brings in two crucial innovations by requiring, firstly, that slums be redeveloped in-situ (no more than 1 km from their current location), and secondly, that housing projects be designed in consultation with slum dwellers.

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