Delhi would soon see implementation of the Urban Housing Mission, with some issues now being ironed out.
“Issues that held back implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana [Urban] in the National Capital Territory of Delhi for 22 months have now been resolved,” said a Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation spokesperson.
Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday approved the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the Ministry, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). The issues were resolved at a meeting by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal last month, the spokesperson said.
Land ownership
“Keeping in view the uniqueness of jurisdiction of land ownership in the NCT of Delhi, it was decided in the meeting by the L-G that the DDA and the DUSIB will sign a memorandum of agreement as required by the mission guidelines,” he said, adding that the Delhi government was supposed to sign the agreement as per guidelines but Mr. Naidu made an exemption in this case. The agreement requires the State government’s commitment to comply with six mandatory conditions, including amending the Master Plan earmarking land for affordable housing, removing requirement of separate non-agricultural permission if the land falls in residential zone, a single-window time-bound clearance system for layout approvals and building permissions, etc.
