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Govt to hike rural housing subsidies to $6.5 bn after poll setback: Report

Jailorwala Bagh slum cluster in North Delhi’s Ashok Vihar. Housing has been a pressing issue for Delhi’s 20 mn inhabitants  	Photo: Rakshit Kumar

The government aims to facilitate construction of an additional 20 million houses over the next few years. (Representational)


India plans to increase state subsidies on rural housing in the upcoming federal budget by as much as 50% from the previous year to more than $6.5 billion, after setbacks for the prime mister’s party in elections, two government sources said.


The planned hike in…


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