Urban India Reality

•         Currently, 286 million Indians live in urban areas which constitute 28% population. 

•         As per the latest National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) survey reports there are over 80 million poor people living in cities and towns of India who are mainly migrants.

•         The Slum population has also been increasing and as per TCPO estimates 2001, over 61.80 million people live in slums.

•         Mumbai and Delhi are among the top six  cities as world’s largest urban agglomerations. In 2005, Mumbai had a population of 18,196,000 while Delhi was inhabited by 15,048,000 people. 

•         Currently, there is a shortage of 27.71 mn (As per govt figures at the end of 10th Five Year Plan)+1.82mn (during the 11th plan end, 2012)  = 26.53 million housing shortage.  99.9 per cent of the shortage effects the EWS and LIG (This is a classic case of skewed prioritisation of govt. E.g. DDA caters to HIG, MIG and housing is unaffordable for LIG and very poor. This forces people to live in precarious conditions - on streets, slums, etc. Govt. Driving people into illegalities through eviction drives.)