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Slum dwellers are some of the toughest yet most vulnerable members of our society. It is of upmost importance to prepare development plans & policies for the up gradation of the slum dwellers in infrastructure, health & other basic amenities. Major problems in the slums especially in the large city areas arehigh population density, housing shortage, lack of basic amenities, environmental degradation traffic & pollution, poverty & unemployment & social unrest. The objectives of this research paper are as follows: 1. To study the theoretical ideas relating to the socio-economic conditions of the slum dwellers. 2. To study the measures adopted for improvement the living conditions of the slum dwellers. 3. To analyze the various neighborhood facilities provided in various slum eradication policies and to determine the direct and indirect effects of the same in the success of a policy. This paper brings to light on a conceptual note the background of the slums and with the various policies and schemes by the government and their impacts on the beneficiaries. In general the social and the economic conditions of the slum dwellers are presented with the aid of collected published literature & secondary data on slum dwellers. The socio-economic status of the slum dwellers is very poor. In most of the schemes that have been taken up by the governments in the various five year plans and the dedicated slum eradication schemes, very little emphasis was given to these neighborhood facilities, mainly in the implementation phase, which are important for the eradication or the upliftment of a slum. With better implementation and strict enforcement of the various plans and the policies, the poor living conditions of the slum dwellers can be solved to a great extent. Slum dwellers contribute a lot to the economic activity of the urban areas and play a major role for the development of nation which can be improved further. There is need to do better arrangements for the positive changes among the slum dwellers. Through this paper, an attempt is made to highlight the various schemes and the drawbacks in the policies and their implementation of the neighborhood facilities in the slum for the upliftment or eradication of a slum area.