After the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme (SRS) came into effect in 1995, the government had targeted to rehabilitate 8.05 lakh slum dwellings within five years. However, according to a CAG report, even after 15 years, the government has been able to rehabilitate only 1.27 lakh slum dwellings, which constitutes a mere 15 per cent of total slum dwellings that existed in 1995. The slum population has doubled since then and certain politicians had demanded that the cut-off date for slums be extended to year 2000.

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