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Maharashtra
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Kerala
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Bihar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Only one state – Manipur (and few UTs) are designated slum free.
Detailed explanation-2: -Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP): Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) was launched by GoI by merging the schemes of NSDP and VAMBAY. The objective of the scheme is to provide adequate Shelter and basic infrastructure facilities to the slum dwellers in urban areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Context. The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance Act) of 1956 provided “for the improvement and clearance of slum areas in certain Union territories and for the protection of tenants in such areas from eviction".
Detailed explanation-4: -Slum areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, in the year 1956:The act aimed at mechanical improvement or complete eradication of slums. It empowers the competent authority to declare any slum area in accordance with the definition, look into possibilities of improvement or eradicate slums.