Patna,(BiharTimes): The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the Bihar State Slum Policy, 2011, made in accordance with the National Slum Policy, 2001.
According to the policy document, a place consisting of at least 20 poorly built houses without facility of drinking water and sanitation would be treated as a slum.
Chief Secretary Navin Kumar said that the policy not only talks of improving the infrastructure of such places but also calls for giving ownership rights to the slum dwellers. It also talks about providing livelihood facilities to the slum-dwellers.
The cabinet also approved a proposal for upward revision of the dearness allowance from the existing 115 per cent to 127 per cent for the employees and pensioners still getting the benefit of old pay scale.
