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  2. Dharavi - Wikipedia

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    Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [ 3 ] and a population of about 1,000,000. [ 4 ]

  3. Slum Rehabilitation Act 1995 - Wikipedia

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    The Slum Rehabilitation Act 1995 was passed by the government of the Indian state Maharashtra to protect the rights of swamp dwellers and promote the development of swamp areas. The Act protected from eviction , anyone who could produce a document proving they lived in the city of Mumbai before January 1995, regardless if they lived on the ...

  4. Slum clearance in India - Wikipedia

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    Dharavi slum in Mumbai, pictured in 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, the state government gifted over 500 acres (200 ha) of slum areas to six developments on a first-come-first-serve basis, without any checks taking place on developer's credentials and under Section 3K of the Slum Act, which bypasses the usually mandatory requirement to obtain 70% consent of slum dwellers.

  5. Standard of living in India - Wikipedia

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    The standard of living in India varies from state to state. In 2021, extreme poverty was reduced to 0.8% [1] and India is no longer the nation with the largest population living in poverty. [2] There is significant income inequality within India, as it is simultaneously home to some of the world's richest people. [3]

  6. Housing in India - Wikipedia

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    The number of migrants to Mumbai from outside Maharashtra during the 1991–2001 decade was 1.12 million, which amounted to 54.8% of the net addition to the population of Mumbai. [ 11 ] Over 7 million people, over 42% of the population of Mumbai, live in informal housing or slums, yet they cover only 6–8% of the city's land area.

  7. Homelessness in India - Wikipedia

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    The number of people living in slums in India has more than doubled in the past two decades and now exceeds the entire population of Britain, the Indian Government has announced. [9] About 78 million people in India live in slums and tenements. [10] 17% of the world's slum dwellers reside in India. [8]

  8. Poverty in India - Wikipedia

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    The Suresh Tendulkar Committee set up to look into the people living under the poverty line in India submitted its report in November 2009. [100] It provided a new method of calculating the poverty line based on per capita consumption expenditure per month or day. For rural areas, it was Rs 816 per month or Rs 27 per day.

  9. Mahul - Wikipedia

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    Mahul, Chembur East, Mumbai - 400074 Mahul is a fishing village in Chembur, Mumbai, located on the eastern seafront of the Mumbai Suburban district. [1] Since 2017, Mahul has been in the news for its high levels of pollution and the dismal conditions of its 72-building slum resettlement colony. [2]