The City Slum Redevelopment Committee and District Slum Redevelopment Committee shall have following powers and duties, namely :––
(i) to survey and make a list of slum dwellers for grant of legal entitlement to dwelling space ;
(ii) to review, and make an inventory of the existing position regarding slum areas and lands in urban areas for provision of dwelling space ;
(iii) to formulate schemes for slum redevelopment/up-gradation/ resettlement so as to cover every slum area within a specified period of time ;
(iv) to implement the schemes for slum redevelopment/upgradation/ resettlement by designating agencies ;
(v) to constitute special committees headed by members of the Committee, for implementing slum redevelopment/ up-gradation/ resettlement schemes ;
(vi) to appoint such number of experts for technical and legal work as may be necessary for the efficient performance of its functions ;
(vii) to put in place effective monitoring and evaluation systems relating to various projects under the slum redevelopment/up-gradation/ resettlement schemes with clear responsibilities and budgets ;
(viii) to formulate schemes for rental housing for the urban poor and slum dwellers ineligible under the Act and ensure its implementation ;
(ix) to ensure prevention of slums in the future, review and monitor the implementation of the provisions in the relevant Acts related to prevention and removal of encroachment on Government land ;
(x) to partner with the private sector, and other non-government organizations for implementation of the schemes ;
(xi) to assist the slum dwellers in the forming of Co-operatives or Association or Society ;
(xii) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary for achieving the objective of redevelopment/up-gradation/ resettlement of slums.