The government said on Thursday that it wants to make the country free of slums in next five years through a housing scheme for urban poor.
Replying to supplementary during 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 people living in slums get their own houses.
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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.
