Bhubaneswar, Feb. 1 -- While presenting the interim budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced that the government will launch a housing scheme for the middle class.

According to Sitharaman, the Government will launch a scheme to help deserving sections of the middle class living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorized colonies to buy or build their own houses.

The Finance Minister further informed that a high-powered committee will be constituted for an extensive consideration of the challenges arising from fast population growth and demographic changes. The committee will be mandated to make recommendations for addressing these challenges comprehensively in relation to the goal of 'Viksit Bha...