Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Protect Delhiâs Unauthorised Colonies
The Bill provides protection to unauthorised developments in Delhi from punitive action where adequate measures are yet to be taken.
Debris after the Dhobi Ghat slum was demolished by the DDA, near Batla House, New Delhi. Photo: Amir Malik
Urban10/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The Upper House of parliament on Tuesday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to regularise unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
The Bill replaces the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind on December 30, 2020 to extend the validity of the Act of 2011 for a period of three years from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023.
In Delhi’s ‘urban villages’, farmers say unable to get subsidy, loan, compensation
Confusion over land mutation means many unable to get farms registered in their name Updated: December 10, 2020 5:01:24 am
Deepak Yadav’s farmland in Jhuljhuli village being prepared for sowing wheat crop a few weeks ago
As protests against agricultural laws continue at Delhi’s borders, farmers from the national capital say a crucial document they need to get government subsidies, loans and compensation has not been issued to them for at least two years.
In October, Deepak Yadav (25) wanted to apply for the Centre’s 50% subsidy on a ‘happy seeder’ machine worth Rs 2.10 lakh, which would have been used to harvest rice crop and sow wheat in his farmland in southwest Delhi’s Jhuljhuli village.