NITI Aayog Warns of Worsening Urban Housing Shortage in India

India is facing a big problem with not having enough homes in cities.

Right now, about 500 million people live in cities, but by 2050, this number is expected to grow to 850 million.

This means there won't be enough houses for everyone.

Right now, there are about 13.5 crore families in cities, but only 7–8 crore have good homes.

The rest, about 5–7 crore families, don't have enough houses.

The problem is worse in big cities, where there's a shortage of about 2.3 crore houses.

The government says states need to build more affordable homes to fix this problem.