New Delhi, September 12: To ensure a slum-free India in five years, the Centre today asked the states to contribute fully in this regard.
Housing and Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja said states should set up regulatory authorities for this.
At a press conference, she said a bill will be drafted soon and tabled in the winter session of Parliament.
She said before finalising the bill, consultations will be held with various stakeholders.
Her ministry is also working on in-situ rehabilitation of slum-dwellers by building houses at the same spot under the flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
“We are also encouraging public-private-partnership and the ministry will provide viability gap funding, wherever required,” she said.
Selja said under JNNURM, 1.4 million houses have been sanctioned “though we are aware, needs are much more”.
–PTI