As part of the empowerment of the marginalized people, the center is planning to build houses for 5 lakh homeless people in the Union Territory. Honestly, the announcement by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during his visit came as a pleasant surprise to all, perhaps, because in J&K we are not used to such developments. Before 2019, the common people had no idea that the government has a plethora of schemes for poor and the marginalized all over the country. In J&K, a good government was one that ensured quality ration supply and a good supply of electric power. The pre-2019 set up was elitists and the common masses has no expectations from the Government, least of the all a free house and dignity for the homeless people. Occasionally, the authorities gave some doles to the poor but one never imagined it to take up the life changing schemes for public. This scheme is not just on the paper, As Chouhan said the identification of the beneficiaries has been completed and the work of construction will begin as soon as the names are verified through biometrics cards like Aadhar etc. It’s through such schemes that the Modi government has uplifted a record number of Indians from extreme poverty, a fact that is acknowledged by the world bodies like the United Nations and World Bank. In J&K we have another fad – to deny the existence of poverty. Everyone in J&K does not live in Srinagar’s Raj Bagh or Jammu’s Gandhi Nagar; there is urban poverty everywhere. Slums have come up in Srinagar and other cities of Kashmir. Same is the case with Jammu region. The welfare schemes of the center have changed millions of lives; it’s the turn of J&K people. In the series of programmes to empower the communities marginalized due to political factors, the homeless too will benefitted with a house and above all dignity.