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and slowing down. It is
about caring, sharing,
recycling, reuse, repairing
and retrofitting for a balanced
natural environment. This
means adoption of circular
economy and systems, which
are restorative, regenerative
and minimise waste (Fig. 9).

India’s Urban and Housing
Missions
The Government of India
in 2014-15 launched several
urban missions, viz. Smart
Cities Mission, Atal Mission
for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT),
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,
Heritage City Development
and Augmentation Yojana
(HRIDAY) and Swachh
Bharat Mission (SBM).
The Smart Cities Mission
envisages development of 100
smart cities which are infused Fig. 9: Circular Economy is Restorative, Regenerative and aims at minimising wastes
with intelligence, integrity and making the most of resources
and inclusion with state of Source: Khan, Khalil Uttah (2022) Wastewater Reuse, Linear Economy to
the art infrastructure services, Circular Economy, Shashwat, TERI, New Delhi
transport and housing for all.
The PMAY(U) till September 9 million toilets. The plans a. Community led mapping
2023 has been able to build under these missions are and enumeration of slum
and deliver more than 10.3 based on digital planning via households
million houses, while 12.03 computing processes with b. Establishing service
million have been sanctioned. net zero energy, water and level benchmarks for
waste together with circular
The Atal Mission of systems. assessment of their
Rejuvenation and Urban upgradation needs
Transformation (AMRUT) In Indian cities more than half c. Forging partnership
has covered more than of its housing and buildings among the communities
5,800 projects related to are unauthorised, dilapidated for their participation in
water, green space and and falls under the slum the decision making and
mobility. The Swachh Bharat category. A major area of
Mission (Urban) (SBMU) focus is informal settlements urban planning
tackles urban sanitation and promoting inclusive d. Granting them
and waste management, cities. These need to adopt the occupancy and land
having provided a record following measures: rights

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