New Delhi, July 31: Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja on Saturday said that the Rajiv Awas Yojana is a ‘RAY’ of hope to the Urban Poor and Slum dwellers of the country.
Inaugurating the State Ministers’ Conference on Rajiv Awas Yojana in New Delhi, Ms Selja said that the “RAY envisions an inclusive and equitable urban India where every citizen has access to the basic civic and social services and decent shelter.”
The Union Minister said, that the government of India is following a rights based approach to address the fundamental inequities affecting the poor.
“We have already enacted Right to Education and Right to Minimum Employment in rural areas, and are working on food security legislation,” Ms Selja said.
She added that the RAY builds on that holistic rights based framework and establishes the rights of urban poor and slum dwellers for decent shelter and basic services in the cities.
Minister for Urban Development and Municipal Administration M Maheedhar Reddy and Minister for Housing Kanna Lakshminarayana and Hyderabad Mayor Banda Karthika Chandra Reddy represented Andhra Pradesh at the conference.
——Agencies