New Delhi: The Cabinet of Centre had approved the proposal to amend the existing guidelines that enable regularization of about 2,000 unauthorized colonies in National Capital on Monday.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that Cabinet has approved extension of cut-off date for regularization from March 31, 2002 to June 1, 2014.
Earlier, 895 of 1,639 colonies were found eligible for consideration by the Congress government. After the Cabinet approval on Monday, these 1,639 colonies plus another 300 colonies that have come up since March 2002 will now be regularised.
An official statement said, “The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved amendment to the existing guidelines that enables regularization of all unauthorized colonies that have come up till June 1, 2014 namely extension of cut-off date for regularization from March 31, 2002 to June 1, 2014.”
It also said, “This will provide the benefits accruing from regularization to a large number of people in unauthorised colonies that have come in existence between 31.03.2014 and 01.06.2014.”
FM Jaitley said, “The decision to regularize the colonies that was taken in 2012 was by notification and without the Cabinet approval. Today, this [regularization] has the sanction of Parliament. […] now we have taken another proactive step in offering protection to people by getting the Cabinet approval.”
Bureau Report
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