Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has issued the Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011 and Central Legislation for Street Vendors for public discussion in New Delhi. An official release said that the Ministry of HUPA proposed the strengthening of its Slum redevelopment strategy by working towards a slum free India, and assigning property rights to Slum Dwellers, under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). RAY proposes decisive action for inclusive urban development. It acknowledges the presence of the poor in cities, recognises their contribution as essential to the city’s functioning, and redresses the fundamental reasons for inequity that ties them down to poverty. The conferment of property title is a new direction for national policy that aligns national approach to the global practice. It sees ownership of property as the best investment in democracy, by creating for the household due space within the formal system, and thereby a vested interest in peace and legal order.