Targeted Implementation of Community Toilets & Sanitation programme:

HUDCO has recently formulated above scheme where community toilets can be proposed in busy market places, bus stands, Railway Stations, Schools, Institutes, Hospital, Slums etc. The implementing agency can be any corporate sector NGO, CBO, Local Govt., State Govt. Institute etc. HUDCO will provide grant of 50% of total project cost of Rs.20,000/WC whichever is less, after the agency invest their share in the project.
 

Bamboo Centres of Excellence:

To develop Bamboo based building system and to learn about this state of art technology and for effective dissemination, HUDCO has signed an MoU with IIT, Delhi for setting up of National Resource Facility on Bamboo Technology in their campus. Further, 20 Bamboo Centres of Excellence covering bamboo growing states are to be set up in near future in 2 phases.

Special Scheme for Tsunami Disaster:

HUDCO has floated a special loan scheme for the repairs, retrofitting and reconstruction of new houses for the economically weaker sections at a highly subsidized interest rate of upto 6.5% for the calamity affected persons in Tsunami affected areas. This is against 7.5% presently applicable for EWS schemes, which itself is among the lowest lending rates offered by any lending institution for economically weaker section category.

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL URBAN RENEWAL MISSION (JNNURM)

The JNNURM was launched by Govt. of India in December 2005 which aims to encourage cities to initiate steps to bring about improvement in the existing service levels in a financially sustainable manner. The Mission was launched in order to alleviate the problem and to facilitate balanced and equitable development of cities and a fully inclusive model for development.