Question: Consider the following statement:
(a) Odisha has won the ‘World Habitat Award’
(b) This award was given to him for their Jaga Mission
Choose the correct:
(a) Only (1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both(1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer :(c)
Related facts:
- Odisha has won the ‘World Habitat Award’, global recognition for its ambitious initiative — Jaga Mission.
- This award is given by World Habitat, a UK-based organization, in partnership with United Nation (UN)-Habitat, every year, in recognition of innovative, outstanding, and revolutionary ideas, projects, and programmes from across the world.
- Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission “JAGA” is a society under Housing & Urban Development Department, Government of Odisha.
- It is a slum land titling project executed for the benefit of millions of urban-poor people living in slums.
- Until now,52,682 urban poor families living in the slums have been granted land right certificates.
- Odisha government rolled out this first of its kind project on May 7, 2018.
- The slum land titling mission was being executed in collaboration with Tata Trusts and Norman Foster Foundation.
- It is headed by the Chief Secretary, Odisha as Chairman and Principal Secretary, H&UD as Member Secretary.
Objective:
- Transform the slums into liveable habitat with all necessary civic infrastructure and services at par with the better off areas within the same urban local body (ULB).
- Recently, this project was also awarded the ‘India Geospatial Excellence Award’ for technological innovation in transforming the lives of urban poor.
Links:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/odisha-awarded-world-habitat-award-for-jaga-mission-119121000128_1.html
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/dec/10/odisha-bags-world-habitat-award-for-jaga-mission-2073976.html