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POLICY REVIEW

PMAY- AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD BACK

BETTER THROUGH GREEN, AFFORDABLE AND

CLIMATE RESILIENT HOUSING IN INDIA

DR. SASWATA One of the significant challenges and this is also our opportunity
BANDYOPADHYAY that has emerged with to Build Back Better and meet
urbanization globally and in
the targets of SDG 11 and 13.
India, specifically, is to provide
affordable housing in rapidly INDIA’S
growing cities. According to URBANIZATION AND
various estimates, the demand CLIMATE CHANGE
for residential floor space will India is on the forefront of
potentially grow from 15.3 rapid urban transformations.
billion sq.mt. in 2017-18 to 22- In 2011, according to census
“To reach to the “bottom of 23 billion sq.mt. by 2030. This of India, around 11% of
the housing pyramid”, India is significant, as a substantial global urban population
segment of this new floor space
requires transformative (45%) is expected to cater to lived in towns and cities in
changes from its present ‘affordable housing’ segment and India. By 2036, the number
“top down” to “bottoms much of this demand would be in of people living in urban
up” approach towards the self-built or Do It Yourself areas are expected to double
from 300 million to about
green, affordable, and segments. India’s national 600, according to a report by
resilient housing in India. target for GHG Reductions by NITI Aayog. The demand
The Pradhan Mantri Awas 2030 and Net Zero by 2070 are for affordable housing and
Yojana, thus, could be an majorly dependent on Indian urban services are also
important platform to bring cities, especially on the built likely to rise in many folds.
about these transformative environment, where the role of According to the Ministry of
changes.” beneficiary led affordable housing Housing and Urban Affairs
would continue to be a significant (MoHUA), Government of
segment in the future. This paper India estimates, the housing
argues that the transformative shortage was estimated to
shift is required from present be around 18.78 million in
“top down’ approach. India needs
Key Words: Affordable Housing, to develop “bottoms up” systems 2012. According to various
Climate Vulnerability, Green and processes to mainstream the estimates, the demand for
Technology, Resilience, Sustainable aspects of green, affordable and residential floor space will
Development Goals potentially grow from 15.3
resilient housing. Instead of our billion sq.mt. in 2017-18 to 22-
Dr. Saswata Bandyopadhyay reliance on the green building 23 billion sq.mt. by 2030. This
(saswatb@cept.ac.in) is Professor, metrics and models from the west, is significant, as a substantial
Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, community driven systems and segment of this new floor
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. processes are the need of the hour space (45%) is expected to

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