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India's affordable housing plan won't fix homelessness: campaigners
Published Tue, Jan 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Mumbai
THE Indian government is doling out incentives to people to buy affordable homes as officials race to meet a 2022 deadline of providing housing for all, but campaigners say the measures won't fix the problem of homelessness.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December extended subsidised loans for building or expanding homes in rural areas, as well as for the urban poor.
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