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.ow compare this with statistics for the #/! =ata from the .ational Multifamily ousing -ouncil says

that ajasthan,

)est Aengal and 4erala!

Have a house, but no TV/tate3wise difference between percentage of households with own house and a T@ set in the house! Inmost states, owning a house need not mean access to a basic consumer good like a T@ set

This suggests that the si7e and Buality of houses for Indian households may not be up to the mark!

-ensus data does give an idea about the Buality of houses in India! 0nly 5

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4umar*sEPWpaper also provides data for the average area of each dwelling unit 1house2 which was

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)hile these figures do put India*s housing sector scenario in a better perspective, none of these are as

startling as the statistic on vacant houses in India! "ccording to the &'88 census figures, the number of

vacant houses in India was &!: crore, or 9'% of the number of rented houses in the country! )hat is

more revealing is the fact that the proportionate increase in the number of vacant houses between &''8and &'88 was far greater than that in the number of total houses or occupied houses!

India's ghost houses&!: crore 18!

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cities are some such e+amples! #nless the economic incentives to encourage renting of houses are put

in place, there is little hope of an improvement, said 4aul!

/uch increase in number of locked houses is bound to have contributed to the increase in rents in the

recent past! )hile the objective of housing for all is laudable, it seems the key to affordable andegalitarian housing ought to unlock India*s vacant houses first!