Abstract

Moments of change are opportunities for reflection. As a new government takes power at the centre, the fate of an erstwhile regime’s policies remains in limbo as one watches what will stand and what will fall by the wayside. The focus of this essay is to use this moment of transition to assess one such policy: the Rajiv AwasYojana (RAY). In it, I ask: what lessons does RAY leave behind for the new government’s mission of “Housing for All by 2020”?