Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy said a housing scheme for the urban poor has been envisaged to help the people living in slums get their own houses.
He said the absolute number of urban poor has increased between 1993-94 and 2004-05 from 76.34 million to 80.80 million due to migration from rural areas.
Image: High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai
Photograph: Arko Dutta / Reuters
Text: PTI
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