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  Big relief for taxpayers: Govt exempts properties in Delhi's unauthorised colonies from income tax

  Business | June 30, 2020 19:13 IST

  Delhi's unauthorised colonies that were regularised last year, the government has exempted owners from income tax even if they had purchased land or house at rates below the prevailing market price.

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  Apologise for spreading lies on unauthorised colonies or face legal action: Manoj Tiwari to Kejriwal

  India | January 06, 2020 19:09 IST

  Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said the registration of properties has begun in unauthorised colonies but the Arvind Kejriwal government is trying to"obstruct" it and "mislead" people.

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  Delhi LG withdraws land acquisition proceedings of unauthorised colonies

  India | December 14, 2019 15:05 IST

  Taking to Twitter, Baijal said it was a major step for conferring ownership rights to the residents of these colonies, adding that the move would pave the way for smooth implementation of PM-UDAY (PM Unauthorized Colonies in Delhi AwasAdhikar Yojana).

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  DDA to soon launch test portal ahead of registration of residents of unauthorised colonies

  India | November 28, 2019 7:32 IST

  The residents of the unauthorised colonies in the national capital will be able to apply for ownership rights starting December 16, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on Saturday. The applicants will get the ownership certificates within 180 days from the date of application, the minister had said at the launch of a portal, which would "define and delineate" the boundaries of 1,731 unauthorised colonies here, using satellite imagery.

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  Kejriwal thanks PM Modi for Cabinet decision on unauthorised colonies

  India | October 23, 2019 17:41 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving a proposal to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The move is set to benefit at least 40 lakh people.  

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  BJP will ensure regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Delhi

  India | September 18, 2019 19:09 IST

  "All the unauthorised colonies will be regularised in six months from now. The Delhi BJP leaders will visit unauthorised colonies on September 22 in 22 assembly segments to get feedback from people and exposing the Kejriwal government which has failed to regularise these settlements despite being in rule for five years," Tiwari said at a press conference.

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  Delhi: Around 130 colonies unlikely to get piped water anytime soon

  India | June 16, 2019 13:58 IST

  In the absence of piped water supply, residents of unauthorised colonies mostly rely on DJB and private tankers, and illegal borewells.  

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  Supreme Court stays construction work in Delhi's 1,797 unauthorised colonies

  India | April 24, 2018 16:59 IST

  The top court bench also refused to vacate its stay on proposed amendments to the city's masterplan. The Development Authority had (DDA) appealed the court to vacate the stay.

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  Amenities will be improved in newly regularised colonies: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | January 02, 2015 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: The government's decision to regularise unauthorised colonies in the national capital has been taken to provide basic amenities in these areas on par with other developed colonies of the city, Union Minister Arun

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  No demolition in unauthorised colonies of Delhi, says Sheila Dikshit

  India | October 27, 2012 22:11 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 27: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said the Delhi government would not allow demolition of a single residential house in the unauthorised colonies and promised to regularise the remaining colonies soon."Nobody in