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DDA approves major overhaul in slum redevelopment policy

The Delhi Development Authority on Thursday approved a slew of major changes in its policy for the redevelopment of slums under its ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahin Makan’ scheme, giving a boost to the in-situ rehabilitation of their residents. The move came a day after Mr. Saxena ordered the DDA to dispose of within a month pending applications for the registration of …

In an important move aimed at easing the educational landscape in Delhi, schools run by societies exempted from Income Tax are now empowered to upgrade their status without financial burdens. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena, has announced a significant policy reform allowing primary and middle schools to transition to secondary and senior secondary levels without incurring additional charges …

Landowners of Sector 8-B in north-west Delhi, who became the first to form a consortium under Delhi Development Authority’s Land Pooling Policy, say a big obstacle they’re facing, in terms of attracting real-estate developers to the area, is the lack of connectivity. The policy allows forming of a consortium that can collaborate with a developer entity or plan the development …

: The landowners of Sector 8-B in north-west Delhi have formed a consortium six months after they were issued provisional notices for the same under the Delhi Development Authority’s Land Pooling Policy. Policy roadblock Since the LPP was first notified 10 years ago, no development works have begun in areas marked under the policy due to the roadblock in meeting …

None of the three sectors, which are part of the land pooling policy and where conditional notices were first issued to landowners, have managed to form consortiums after the expiry of the latest extended deadline, senior Delhi Development Authority officials said on Thursday. A non-starter Notified on two occasions — in 2013 and 2018 — the LPP has been a …

The Delhi Development Authority is soon likely to issue a conditional notice for the formation of a consortium at Sector -17A in Zone- N, identified as part of the urban body’s land pooling policy, according to a senior DDA official. The urban body first issued conditional notices for consortium formation in May to landowners in three sectors in Zones N …

With the proposed amendments to the Delhi Development Act, 1957, which include making land pooling mandatory, now up for public suggestions, those who invested in the Delhi Development Authority’s policy remain a divided bunch. For Satish Aggarwal, who invested in the land pooling policy after it was first notified in 2013, the proposed amendments come as “a sigh of relief”. …

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Jhuggi Clusters Not Notified By DUSIB Can't Seek Benefit Of 2015 Rehabilitation & Relocation Policy: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that notification by DUSIB is an essential pre-requisite to be qualified/ recognized as a "jhuggi jhopri basti" for the purpose of its Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy of 2015.A single bench of Justice Sachin Datta observed,"A perusal of the 2015 Policy also makes it clear that only jhuggi jhopri bastis that have come. The Delhi …

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Delhi: Father-son duo held for duping over 600 investors in the name of DDA's housing policy

The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has arrested a father-son duo who have allegedly cheated more than 600 investors of crores of rupees, including senior central government officials, under the pretext of investment in DDA’s Land Pooling Policy Project. It was alleged that the father-son duo had projected and misrepresented that the project was a part of the …

The Delhi Development Authority has given nod to public to organise cultural, art and school events in nearly 25 well-maintained parks in the national capital. We have prepared a policy in this regard.” These 25 parks, which are divided in two categories such as open park spaces and parks with amphitheatres and boat clubs on their premises, are located in …

To solve Delhi’s parking crisis, there is a policy. But will it work?

According to a report in The Indian Express, the Delhi 2041 Master Plan will have a “blue-green policy”. The groundwork for Delhi’s master plan is happening at a critical juncture with the pandemic forcing city governments across the world to rethink not just the way citizens will live in the future, but also how public and private resources will be …

10 sectors qualify for development under DDA policy

Over 18 months after a web portal for the land pooling policy was launched, 10 sectors in three zones under the Land Pooling Policy have accumulated the requisite amount of land required to qualify for development purposes. The land pooling policy, received the Centre’s nod in October 2018 and the online portal for expression of willingness regarding participation in the …