00954pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001600040245004300056260000900099300001500108362001200123520059000135650002300725650002000748650001200768773001600780180718b1996   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAshok Kumar  aHousing the poor masses in rural India  c1996  ap.87-89,96  aMay-Jun  aWelcoming the National Housing Policy, the author says that good policies alone will not ensure good results. There is need to improve the delivery system for rural housing and the housing policy should be reviewed periodically to tackle effectively the problem of shortage of dwelling units. The involvement of NGOs would lead to innovations in rural housing schemes. Analysing the various aspects of the Indira Awaas Yojana, the author says that the widening of the scheme to cover more people should not affect the interest of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. - Reproduced  aRural poor - India  aHousing - India  aHousing  aKurukshetra