12-14-2016, 03:37 PM
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY)
Launched on December 2, 2001 in the final year of the Ninth Plan, the primary aim of the centrally sponsored scheme VAMBAY was to facilitate the construction and upgradation of dwelling units for people living below the poverty line in urban slums and who do not possess adequate shelter. It also aimed to provide health services and an enabling urban environment through community toilets under, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan a component of the scheme. Twenty per cent of the total allocation under VAMBAY was to be provided for sanitation, and community toilets were to be built for the urban poor and slum dwellers.
Launched on December 2, 2001 in the final year of the Ninth Plan, the primary aim of the centrally sponsored scheme VAMBAY was to facilitate the construction and upgradation of dwelling units for people living below the poverty line in urban slums and who do not possess adequate shelter. It also aimed to provide health services and an enabling urban environment through community toilets under, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan a component of the scheme. Twenty per cent of the total allocation under VAMBAY was to be provided for sanitation, and community toilets were to be built for the urban poor and slum dwellers.