The Status of Housing and Household Amenities among Scheduled Castes; with Special Reference to Different Policy Initiatives in Moradabad District of Uttar Pradesh 0 0

Abstract

Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state, with almost three-quarters of the population living in rural areas lacking access to basic necessities such as drinking water and sanitation. Over the years, the government has concentrated on the availability of housing for all in rural and urban areas, but a considerable portion of the population remains unable to access basic amenities, particularly in micro and rural parts of the state as well as at the district level. Hence the paper is an attempt to evaluate the status of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene with basic household amenities and the widening gap between rural and urban areas of the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh with the help of (Census of Uttar Pradesh and District Census Handbook, 2011). Apart from this the government has initiated many social protection programs and policies to improve the condition of housing and household amenities specially for economically weaker sections of the society, Scheduled Castes households hence, this paper is also an attempt to analyses the implementation and progress of “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Swatcha Bharat Abhiyan -Gramin, Swatcha Bharat Abhiyan- Urban Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojana among Scheduled castes in rural and urban areas of Mordabad district of Uttar Pradesh.