Urban Poor and the Law
International Legal Framework:
Millennium Development Goals Report
Regional Legal Framework:
European Commission Report on Millennium Development Goals
National Legal Framework:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
National Food Security Bill (As introduced in Lok Sabha)
Employment of Manual Scavengers Prohibition Act 1993
National Food Security Act, 2013
Model Residential Tenancy Act, 2011 (Rajiv Awas Yojana)
State Based and other National pro poor norms in India:
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
Accelerated Urban Water Supply Program
The West Bengal Acquisition of Homestead Land Act of 1975
Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation for Protection of Sources of Drinking Water) Act, 1999
Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control Act, 1965
West Bengal, the District Planning Committee (DPC) Act
West Bengal Metropolitan Planning Committee Act
The Odisha Property Right to Slum Dwellers and Prevention of New Slums Bill, 2012
Street vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012
The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976
Uniform Drinking Water Monitoring Protocol, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 2010