January 2024

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January 2024

Redevelopment of Delhi

Plan to redevelop 7 GPRA colonies

  • Modi government’s ambitious plan to redevelop seven General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colonies, or government housing colonies, located in south Delhi.
  • As part of the 7 GPRA redevelopment project, government residential colonies at
    1. Sarojini Nagar,
    2. Nauroji Nagar,
    3. Kasturba Nagar,
    4. Netaji Nagar,
    5. Srinivaspuri, {remaining will be ready by December 2025}
    6. Mohammadpur{completed 2022}, and
    7. Thyagraj Nagar {completed 2022} are being redeveloped.

To meet the housing shortage

  • Urban sector experts say this is the way to go to meet the housing shortage in the capital because of a paucity of land. 

Under CPWD

DUAC under MoH&UA

  • The Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC), which comes under the housing and urban affairs ministry, is a statutory body to advise government help preserve, develop, and maintain the aesthetics of Delhi. Print

14-08-2024 The Hindu

SC ruled LG can nominate members to MCD

The Supreme Court ruled that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi can nominate 10 aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on his own without the aid and advise of its council of ministers.

History of MCD

  • 1950, Delhi was a Part C State and then it was made a Union Territory to be governed by an administrator.
  • MCD was established in 1958
  • Limited local government was established since 1966.

Balakrishnan Committee

  • Recommendations of the Balakrishnan committee (1989), 69th amendment (1991) provided for a Legislative Assembly and council of ministers for the NCT of Delhi.
  • public order, police and land were excluded
  • The Government of NCT of Delhi Act, 1991

Triple chain of accountability

  • Judgment in 2023, the Supreme Court mentioned Triple chain of accountability
  1. officials are accountable to the ministers;
  2. the council of ministers are collectively responsible to the legislative assembly; and
  3. the legislative assembly members are accountable to the people

Washington DC and New Delhi

  • The NCT of Delhi is spread over 1,450 sq kms of which ‘New Delhi’ around 50 sq kms
  • Washington DC which is the capital district is spread only around 177 square kilometres.
  • Similar approach may be considered where the area in ‘New Delhi’ of 50-100 square kilometres can be under the complete control of the Central government. The rest of the areas may be brought under the powers of the Delhi assembly.
  • This would require a constitutional amendment
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