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cater to ‘affordable housing’ However, the present policies Lakhs have been sanctioned
segment and much of this and practice towards building and 55.45 lakhs house are
demand would be in the green, resilient, and affordable completed till February 2022.
self-built or Do It Yourself housing in India is mostly
segments. non-existent, except for a To leverage the new
few sporadic solar rooftop technologies and materials,
With US $2.85 trillion GDP, housing projects. The present the MoHUA has also
India is one of the largest and frameworks of green building launched a Global Housing
fastest growing economies assessments and certifications Technology Challenge
in the world. It is witnessing are generally focussed on (GHTC) in 2019, focusing on
massive public investment, high end segments and potential demonstrable and
robust private consumption, their overall outreach is future technologies. Under
and structural reforms leading limited to approximately the Accelerator Affordable
to rapid growth. Construction about 5% of building stocks. Sustainable Housing
in India is emerging as the These assessment tools are Accelerators- India (ASHA-
third largest sector and also agnostic towards the India) initiative, the Ministry
expected to be accelerated by affordable housing segments has extended its support to
the demand from the housing presently. potential future technologies
sector, largely. Globally, that are not yet market ready
the construction Industry WHY GREEN, (pre-prototype applicants) or
contributes around 38 per cent AFFORDABLE AND to the technologies that are
of global greenhouse gasses RESILIENT HOUSING? market ready (post prototype
(GHGs), thereby, how India applicants) respectively.
would deliver its massive Launched in 2015, the Pradhan However, despite the massive
demand for affordable Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) outreach under the PMAY-U,
housing in green and -Urban is a flagship mission the green, sustainable and
sustainable matter, would be of Government of India. The resilience aspects of the
the key for its commitments mission addresses the issue affordable housing in terms
towards the GHG reduction of urban housing shortage of their GHG emissions,
by 2030. among the various income thermal comforts and nature-
categories including the slum based solutions have not been
At the same time, Indian cities dwellers. PMAY-Urban is explored so far.
have higher vulnerability to also believed to be one of the
climate change due to the largest mass housing schemes The integration of the aspects
higher share of urban poverty in the world, that made a of green and climate resilience
and backlog of unmet basis transformative shift from its aspects with affordable
services. Various future earlier focus on ‘slums’ to housing have multiple co-
climate change scenarios “housing for all”. The main benefits, such as water
such as RCP 4.5 and RCP components of PMAY-U are: conservation, reduction in
8.5 indicate that the major i. In-situ slum redevelopment CO2 emissions and enhancing
Indian cities are expected to (ISSR); ii. Credit Linked safety against various climatic
have increased exposure to Subsidy Scheme (CLSS); shocks and stresses. Thus, the
multi hazard and compound iii. Affordable Housing affordable housing segment
risks due to the climatic Partnership (AHP); and iv. in India, has two important
variabilities and change, Beneficiary led construction roles to play: i. reduction in
under the moderate climate (BLC). According to the PMAY GHGs and enhancing actions
scenario during 2020-2039. -U website, about 115.09 towards Net Zero; and ii. at the
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