Urban Housing Mission to be named after Sardar Patel Slum dwellers need more than a roof; entitled to social inclusion and empowerment, says Shri Venkaiah Naidu Urban development and housing initiatives need Rs.50 lakh cr investment, says the Minister NGO leader Ms.Sheela Patel urges poor to be made part of solution World Habitat Day observed

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Last Updated : Oct 09 2014 | 4:20 PM IST
'Government's urban development and housing initiatives will aim at social inclusion so as to benefit all sections of urban residents including slum dwellers,' asserted the Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today. He was speaking at the 'World Habitat Day -Voices from Slums' programme, organized by the Ministry of HUPA.

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First Published: Oct 09 2014 | 4:20 PM IST

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