India, Feb. 2 -- The demand for a review of Haryana's affordable housing policy has intensified, with stakeholders claiming that the scheme has been virtually stalled on the ground in Gurugram and Faridabad due to rising land and construction costs, an official said.

According to officials of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department, no new licence for affordable housing projects has been granted in Gurugram over the past one-and-a-half to two years. The Gurugram-Manesar Master Plan area has also not seen a single new affordable housing project during this period, raising questions over the viability of the policy.

Under the existing policy, the government has capped the maximum sale price of affordable housing units at '5,000 per...