In the recent decades, the Government of India has implemented a unique approach to the problem of slum proliferation in Mumbai. By providing an innovative cross-subsidy to private developers, the administration has created a working model for Public-Private-Partnership in Slum Rehabilitation. This Report traces the evolution of this model through an extensive literature review of the preceding schemes. It also critiques the models on its impact on public life and provides recommendations for future policy decisions.

The socio-economic situation of India puts it in a strategically unique position in the post world-war libertarian society. Post independence, India has witnessed unprecedented growth, shadowed by a population explosion straining every national resource and crippling every report taken by the succeeding government to alleviate its ailments. The burden of the democracy is felt by the nation through political upheavals and unstable governments rewriting the national policies every five years with diverging visions and ideologies. The chaotic administration of the nation is further complicated by the economic policies and consequent trend setting growth of new industries in a short period of time. All together resulting in the metaphorical elephant that is India. With the national GDP growing at the rate of 8% for the last 4 years, the elephant seems to be moving fast inevitably making the world step back and take notice Meredith (2008) (Meredith, 2007).