BACKGROUND:

AIM OF EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

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HOUSING POLICY

Controlling Human Employment Strengthening Empowering Poverty Annual

Modernization Tourism
Population Resource Generation the of Panchayati Reduction Target
of industries Management
Growth Development Infrastructure Raj Growth
PHASE II (1985-1990 TO rate: 5.6%
2012-2017) (Achieved
PHASE I (1951-1955 OBJECTIVES OF THE EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN
to 1980-1985) Market & Partnership-Led 6.7%)
Housing Development:
Government –Led Government as a facilitator
Housing Development and enhanced participation Growth and Universalization of Safe drinking water
of the private sector Adequate Strengthening the
diversification of elementary and primary
Employment Infrastructure
agriculture education healthcare facilities
The situation of the Nation during the Eighth Five
Year Plan
 1989–91 was a period of economic & Political
CORE STRATEGY OF EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN
instability in India and hence no five-year plan was
implemented.
• Unemployment and under employment.
Provide Differential rate
• In 1991, India faced a crisis in foreign exchange Direct Provision of Self-help housing
Low cost financial and of interest and
(forex) reserves, left with reserves of only about Assistance basic Remove as well as shelter Effective
building institutional delivery support
US$1 billion. to the infrastructure major legal upgradation by Management
materials and support in in- system for
 It was decided that Eighth Five Year Plan would specially facilities in rural constraints providing better Information
cost effective situ specially
commence on April 1, 1992 and that 1990-91 & disadvantage and urban access to finance, System
technologies upgradation disadvantaged
d groups areas land, materials
1991-92 have to be treated as separate Annual programme groups
and technology
Plan.
What was the Eighth FYP & Why was it so significant for
Modern India? Households, usable housing stock and Housing Gaps INDIRA AWAS YOJNA
• At that time P.V Narasimha Rao (the 10th PM) Dr.
Manmohan Singh (Finance Minister) launched
According to the National Buildings Organization the • The Indira Awas Yojana was introduced in the Central Sector in
total backlog of housing is estimated at 31 million in 1985-86 as part of the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee
India's free market reforms that brought the nearly
1991, of which 10.4 million is in urban areas. Programme and has continued as part of Jawahar Rozgar
bankrupt nation back from the edge.
Yojana (JRY).
• It was the beginning of privatization and
SL. PARTICULARS RURAL URBAN TOTAL • The endeavour during the Eighth Five Year Plan period will be
liberalization in India (before 1991, Indian economy
NO (YEAR 1991) (MILLION) (MILLION) (MILLION) towards evolving an approach to rural housing which leads to
was a closed economy). Thus Indian economy was
setting up of truly integrated micro-habitats and address this
structurally changed from Interventionalist economy
scheme to specially disadvantaged group including the poorest
to market led economy. 1. HOUSEHOLDS 113.5 47.1 160.6 segment of SC/STs and freed bonded labour.
• Delicensing
2. USABLE 92.9 36.7 129.6 • A sum of Rs. 12,700 per unit for plain areas and Rs. 14,500 per
• Together it was known as the “Rao and Manmohan
unit for difficult hill areas is given as grant under this scheme
model of Economic Development” 3. HOUSING 20.6 10.4 31.0 to the State Governments for housing, sanitation and
• India became a member of the World Trade SHORTAGE infrastructure.
Organization on 1 January 1995.

SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND SIGN NORTH

SUBJECT: URBAN
DEBANJALII AND RURAL HOUSING POLICIES
SAHA
ARCHITECTURE DELHI (SPA D) EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1992-1997)
SANGYE DAWASaha,
Debanjali MYESSangye Dawa Myes
Environmental Planning Studio
HOUSING: SCHEME WISE OUTLAYS HOUSING SITES AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE
 The scheme was included in the State Sector during Seventh Plan. This scheme has two components - provision
SL. NAME OF SCHEME OUTLAY %
of free House Sites and construction assistance with varying proportion of subsidy and loan in different States.
1. General Pool Accommodation 3000 41.5% Construction assistance is planned to benefit 3.5 million families.
2. HUDCO (Equity for Housing) 2600 35.98%  While the scheme continued in the Eighth Plan, where construction assistance programme of the component
3. Hindustan Pre-fab ltd. (Equity and Loan) 150 2% seems to be lagging behind during the 7th Five Year Plan and thus needed stepping up. There was also a need
4. National Buildings Organization and 50 0.69% to revise the cost norms of dwellings, the subsidy and beneficiary component of the most of the rural housing
Management Information System schemes of the State Government to bring an element of uniformity and achieving the intended coverage of
rural households.
5. Building Materials and Technology
Promotion Council – Support HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (HUDCO):
i) Grants-in-aid to Building Materials and 300 4.15% • HUDCO was incorporated in 1970, to improve the housing conditions of low income and weaker sections.
Technology Promotion Council • HUDCO during the Eighth Plan concentrated more on land and infrastructure development and direct support
ii) Science and Technology and Grants to 100 1.3% to EWS schemes in rural and urban areas.
Institutions and other Programmes • Scarcity of conventional building materials like cement, brick and steel and the high-energy intensity of the
(Building Centre Programmes) modern construction activity have pushed up construction cost. Therefore, it is imperative to change over to
6. Footpath Dwellers Rehabilitation Scheme 400 5.5% appropriate and cost-effective technologies, which bring down the costs.
(Pavement Dwellers Scheme) BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
7. International Year of Shelter for the Homeless 10 0.13%
• To bridge the gap between laboratory development and large scale field application of innovative materials
(I.Y.S.H.)(International Cooperation Activities)
and technologies, the Government of India set up in 1990 the Building Materials and Technology Promotion
8. Support to Co-operative and Regional Housing 15 0.2% Council (BMTPC).
Finance Organization – National Corporative • During the Eighth Plan, the Council focused on technology transfer and promotion of building materials,
Housing Federation venture capital and other support to entrepreneurs in innovative materials, sponsoring of Research and
9. Central Government Employees Housing 500 6.9% Development studies, taking up prefabrication technology.
Welfare Organization
NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY:
10 Scheme for Urban Development,, Urban 100 1.3%
. Housing and Urban Water and Sanitation • The policy was formulated by the government on 1988
Grants to Urban Local Bodies, through HUDCO • Revised on 1992 and adopted by both houses of the parliament on July 1992.
TOTAL 7225 100% • Laid emphasis on the need for public sector to play the role of the facilitator of the housing process and create
the enabling environment in which there can be easy flow of funds to the housing sector.
EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1992-1997) NORMS AND CEILINGS
SL.N CATAG MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION CEILING COST EIGHTH PLAN THRUST AREA
O ORY INCOME 1. Strengthening of Building Centres to provide effective means of low cost building materials and construction
1. EWS Upto Rs 1250 (Rs i. Rs 12,700 (plain), Rs 14500 (hilly) technologies at grass root level with at least one building centre in each district and in addition there could be
15000 annually) (Site and Services) specialised rural/regional building centres
ii. Rs 2,000 (Repairs in Rural) 2. Promotion of large scale production of building materials based on industrial and agricultural wastes through
iii. Rs 1,000 (Repairs in urban) an appropriate incentive structure and by achieving target utilisation of wastes like flyash, phopsho-gypsum,
2. LIG Upto Rs 1251- Rs i. Rs 50,000 (Site and Services) agricultural residues and natural fibres
2650 (Rs 31,800 ii. Rs 25,000 (Repairs/Additions) 3. Increasing use of locally available building materials in rural housing programmes;
annually) 4. Development of planning and design norms and codes of practices to promote low-cost energy-efficient
3. MIG Upto Rs 2651- Rs 1,75,000 (Site and Services) technologies and to reduce the cost of housing; and
5. Promotion of cost-effective industrialised construction systems to the extent of 10 to 15% dwellings to be set
4450 (Rs 53400
up by public housing agencies.
annually)
SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND SIGN NORTH
SUBJECT: URBAN
DEBANJALII AND RURAL HOUSING POLICIES
SAHA
ARCHITECTURE DELHI (SPA D) EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1992-1997)
SANGYE DAWASaha,
Debanjali MYESSangye Dawa Myes
Environmental Planning Studio