Slum-free India:

Operationalising Rajiv Awas Yojana

Deepti Gaur Mukerjee

Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation,
Government of India, New Delhi
pkmohanty_ed@yahoo.com

Rajiv Awas Yojana Slum-free India

(Announcement by President of India on
4th June, 2009)
My Government proposes to introduce a Rajiv Awas
Yojana for the slum dwellers and the urban poor on the
lines of the Indira Awas Yojana for the rural poor. The
schemes for affordable housing through partnership
and the scheme for interest subsidy for urban housing
would be dovetailed into the Rajiv Awas Yojana which
would extend support under JNNURM to States that
are willing to assign property rights to people living in
slum areas.
My Government's effort would be to create a slum free
India in five years through the Rajiv Awas Yojana.

Broad overview of steps

necessary for RAY

Operationalising Rajiv Awas Yojana

Preparatory Tasks
Legislative Framework for Property Rights

Legislation for Property Right (Right to Dwelling Space) to Slum-dwellers

Amendments to Existing Laws: Town Planning, Urban Development,

Municipal Corporation, Slum, Housing, Revenue etc. - Fixing Norms for
Planning of Informal Settlements and Provision of Infrastructure & Housing;
Preventing Slums in future

Identification & Demarcation of Slums

Identification & demarcation of all Slums: Notified, Non-notified, Tenable,

Non-tenable, etc., adopting Whole City approach, dividing the City into
Zones/Grids (based on land value/other parameters) for operational
purposes
Procurement of Satellite Imagery & Base Map Preparation

Procurement of Cartosat II 1 Metre Resolution Images from Indian Space

Research Organisation (ISRO)/National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for
City/Urban Agglomeration, Zones/Grids and Slum Locations; Georeferencing & Preparation of Base Maps (1:5000 scale) indicating Slums
and their Internal and External Infrastructure Connectivities

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Preparatory Tasks contd.
Slum Survey & Development of Slum MIS

Establish Slum-free City Cells

Formation of Slum Survey Teams & Supervisory Teams, Conduct Training Programmes
involving Municipal Administration/Statistics Departments, Census/NSSO/CSO Trainers

Conduct Slum Survey

Detailed Model Formats on Slum, Household & Livelihoods Surveys and Guidelines for
Training circulated to all States by National Buildings Organisation (NBO); Community to be
closely involved in Survey and Slum-free City Planning processes (States like Andhra
Pradesh have adopted Community Self-Survey Model)

Development of web-enabled MIS,

Entry of data from Slum Surveys, compilation, collation and preparation of Slum Profiles,
City/Zone and State Database

Socio-economic Analysis of Data generated through Slum MIS

Preparation of Analytical State of Slum Reports City and State.

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Preparatory Tasks contd.
GIS Mapping of Slums

Training in GIS Mapping Tools using latest technology with the involvement
of ISRO/NRSC/Partners of NRSC/Other Agencies

Development of Slum/Zone/City/Agglomeration Maps using GIS Tools :

(i) Cartosat II imagery secured from the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)/National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)/ Other
Sources

(ii) Ground truthing and geo-spatial data measurement, collection and

collation of data and superimposing the same on the Satellite Images
GIS-enabled Slum Information System

Integration of Slum MIS with GIS Maps to enable the preparation of a

dynamic GIS-enabled Slum Information System - Slum-wise, Zone-wise and
for City; Getting an Integrated Picture based on Spatial and Socio-economic
analysis of Data

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Preparatory Tasks contd.
Choice of Land Tenure/Development Model

Putting in place Community Organisation and community engagement

mechanisms may be led by a Lead NGO for City/Zone

Establishing Tenurial/Property Rights and Grievances Redressal

Mechanism; Undertaking Biometric Surveys of Eligible Dwellers

Stakeholders and community consultation - Participatory decisionmaking regarding the choice of model of land tenure / property right
and development for each slum:
In situ PPP covering infrastructure and housing with or without FSI/zoning
incentives; In situ land sharing and infrastructure provision only, with beneficiarydriven/incremental housing; In situ community-based development through Rajiv
Awas Housing Societies; Relocation; Rental/Ownership/Rental-cum-Ownership
Housing, etc.

Preference for Models with Land as a Resource, involving PublicPrivate Partnerships Commercialising part of Land and developing
Multi-storeyed housing in the other part (Suitable land use/zoning
relaxations needed).

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Preparatory Tasks contd.
Preparation of Slum Development Plan

Slum Reconfiguration / De jure Formalization following Special

Town Planning Norms applicable for Informal Sector Settlements as
per Town Planning Laws/Regulations and Development Model
chosen

Plan for Internal Infrastructure: water supply, sewerage, storm

drainage, solid waste management, roads, power transmission lines
& sub-stations, parks & playgrounds, education & health
infrastructure, livelihoods centres / workplaces, informal sector
markets etc.

Plan for External Connectivities Establishing links to City-wide

Infrastructure Networks

Plan for Housing based on chosen Development Model using a

Zonal/City-wide approach bunching of high-density and low-density
slums and accommodating dwellers from non-tenable locations

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Preparatory Tasks contd.
Preparation of Slum-free City/State Plan

Amalgamation of Slum Development Plans Zone/Grid/City

Integrating Slum-free City Plan with City-wide Infrastructure

Development Plan [City Development Plan (CDP)]

Slum-free City Financing Plan, including Credit Mobilisation for the

Poor, Internal Earmarking in Municipal Budget for the Urban
Poor/Creation of BSUP/Shelter Fund, etc.

Slum-free City Plan Implementation Framework, including

establishment of Institutional structure, e.g. State/City Slum
Rehabilitation Authority as in Maharashtra

City-wide Policies for Slum Prevention including Reservation of

Land/Housing for the Poor in Private & Public Housing Colonies and
Creation of Affordable Housing stock,

Plan for Implementation of Pro-poor Reforms stipulated under

JNNURM and according Property Right to Slum Dwellers

Slum-free State Plan Sum of Slum-free City Plans plus Policy

Framework and Plan of Action for Prevention of Slums in the Future

Status update
First installment of funds released to 20 states for
preparatory activities
States in the process of setting up state and city level
nodal officers and technical cells.
Slum Surveys : commenced in many states
Slum MIS: The MIS software has been developed by
CGG and it is under the pilot testing phase. Some
ULBs have started entering the data into the software
for the purpose.

Status Update -Guidelines for

Preparation of Slum Free City plans:
Sub-committee for slum free city planning
held its meeting on 10th August, 2010
draft guidelines to get inputs from present
workshop organized by CEPT.

Community mobilization guidelines for

involvement of communities in the plan
preparation and survey process are being
formulated in consultation with NGOs &
other stakeholders.

Thank you