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Property rights for women under new slum policy

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to grant land patta and occupancy right of dwelling units in the name of a woman member of the beneficiary household under the Rajiv Awas Yojana for slum dwellers and the urban poor. Alternatively, property rights can be allotted in the name of both wife and husband.

Launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, the Yojana aims at making India slum-free in the next five years. Targeting “inclusive growth,” the scheme will support the States that are willing to assign property rights to people living in slums for provision of shelter and basic infrastructure and civic amenities.

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