In November last year, DDA initiated special drive, extended till 31 March, 2025, to assist residents of these colonies in applying under PM-UDAY scheme.
Several departments and agencies under housing ministry have 10-50% posts lying vacant, according to response given in Rajya Sabha. CPWD has 27% of sanctioned posts vacant.
DDA allotted land for expansion & felled trees in Ridge area without clearance, drawing SC's ire. Moreover, farmhouse owners allege DDA altered the plan to favour one side over the other.
A DDA flat was a privilege in a city where almost nobody could build anything. Its inventory of unsold flats now exceeds 40,000 at a value of Rs 18,000 crore, and it's still building more.
The draft MPD-2041 proposes to split the river zone into active floodplains and regulated parts, but environmental experts say it will encourage encroachment.
With the draft 2041 Delhi masterplan expected to be notified by April, researchers and academics have expressed concerns over the language of the draft, lack of extensive mapping.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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