Four years on, PM-UDAY scheme’s red tape & stringent norms frustrate most residents’ hopes of getting ownership. AAP seeks to make it poll issue, BJP promises to work to expedite process.
Centre launched PM-UDAY in Dec 2019 to give ownership rights to residents of unauthorised colonies, but these 69 colonies were not covered as these were categorised as ‘affluent’.
The draft MPD-2041 proposes to split the river zone into active floodplains and regulated parts, but environmental experts say it will encourage encroachment.
Prayagraj Development Authority identified 30,715 illegal constructions, the highest in Uttar Pradesh. Demolition of constructions in floodplains practically not possible, says official.
The ordinance was promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind on December last year. It amended the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011.
Seven in 10 Delhi residents live in informal settlements. And both the BJP and the AAP have promised regularisation of colonies ahead of the assembly election.
At ThePrint's Off the Cuff, Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also speaks about the govt's plans for unauthorised colonies & solid waste management.
Bill tabled in Parliament grants ownership rights to those living in unauthorised colonies but excludes 69 affluent neighbourhoods such as Sainik Farms, Chattarpur Enclave.
Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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