Fresh nationwide exercise planned for 2027 to reassess scale, living conditions and population in informal settlements ...

Explore how Bengaluru's housing policies fail the urban poor, leading to the rise and demolition of slums in the city.

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

The Indian government intends to conduct a nationwide survey of urban slums in 2027, the first comprehensive assessment since 2012.

Pastor John and his wife have spent the last decade working to break the cycle of spiritual and emotional poverty in a ...

In a government school in rural Telangana or an urban slum in Hyderabad, morning assembly is often interrupted by a familiar ...

In Gurugram, an upscale suburb just outside Delhi, gleaming SUVs, futuristic skyscrapers and neat apartments stand in stark contrast to nearby mosquito swarms, trash heaps and tarpaulin shanties.

Mumbai, India (CNN) — When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all ...

ISpiice a non-profit organization is promoting education and sustainable development in slums of India DHARAMSALA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA, November 25, 2023 ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Upgrading slums and giving tenancy rights to residents is key to climate change adaptation and disaster mitigation in India's cities, an analyst said, as the ...