NITI Aayog releases report 'S.A.F.E. Accommodation: Worker Housing for Manufacturing Growth'
NITI Aayog released a report on 19 December 2024 on secure, affordable, flexible and efficient housing for industrial workers.
Summary
NITI Aayog released a report titled 'S.A.F.E. Accommodation - Worker Housing for Manufacturing Growth' on 19 December 2024. S.A.F.E. stands for secure, affordable, flexible and efficient accommodation for industrial workers, which the report links to boosting India's manufacturing sector. The report identifies challenges and suggests interventions to scale up such housing across the country. It notes that the Union Budget 2024-25 emphasised rental housing with dormitory-style accommodation for industrial workers, to be executed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support and commitments from anchor industries.
Key facts
- Released
- 19 December 2024, NITI Aayog
- Title
- S.A.F.E. Accommodation - Worker Housing for Manufacturing Growth
- S.A.F.E.
- Secure, Affordable, Flexible, Efficient
- Budget link
- Union Budget 2024-25: dormitory-style rental housing for industrial workers
- Model
- PPP with Viability Gap Funding and anchor-industry commitments
Practice MCQs 3 questions
NITI Aayog's December 2024 report 'S.A.F.E. Accommodation' deals with housing for which group?
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Correct answer: C — Industrial workers
PIB (NITI Aayog): the report 'S.A.F.E. Accommodation - Worker Housing for Manufacturing Growth' explores secure, affordable, flexible and efficient accommodation for industrial workers.
In NITI Aayog's report on worker housing, what does 'S.A.F.E.' stand for?
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Correct answer: A — Secure, Affordable, Flexible, Efficient
PIB (NITI Aayog): S.A.F.E. stands for secure, affordable, flexible and efficient accommodation for industrial workers.
According to NITI Aayog's S.A.F.E. report, the Union Budget 2024-25 initiative on dormitory-style rental housing for industrial workers is to be executed through which model?
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Correct answer: D — PPP with Viability Gap Funding and anchor-industry commitments
PIB (NITI Aayog): the Budget 2024-25 initiative is to be executed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support and commitments from anchor industries.