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Title: Key Indicators of Urban Slums in India
Organization:Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
Date:December 2013
The NSS (National Sample Survey) 69th round survey on slums covered the whole urban area of the Indian Union. The survey was oriented towards measuring the extent of the various problems affecting slums through estimation of (among other characteristics) the number of slums, the number of slum-dwelling households, and the percentage of slums having access to specific facilities that are required for a slum.
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