DDA Launches New Housing Scheme

Union Urban Development Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, on June 30, 2017, launched the Delhi Development Authority’s new housing scheme and called for the people of the city to fully utilise the scheme. Addressing a gathering at the Nirman Bhavan, the minister said the scheme had been linked with the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yohna, to boost the government’s vision of providing ‘Housing for All by 2022’. “This is a step in that direction,” he said.

Most of the flats are in Rohini, Dwarka, Narela, Vasant Kunj, Jasola, Pitampura and Paschir Vihar. All the flats have been made with green technologies. Around 10,000 unoccupied flats are from the 2014 housing scheme, while 2,000 flats had been lying vacant. The housing authority had set mid-June as the target date for the launch of the scheme, which was earlier slated to be announced by February, 2017. However, ancillary infrastructure work, such as construction of connecting roads and installation of street lights, had stretched the deadline.

Seeking to deter unserious buyers and check market speculation, the DDA has proposed multi-tiered penal measures. For the LIG (Lower Income Group) category, the registration fee will be Rs 1 lakh, while for the Middle Income Group (MIG) and High Income Group (HIG) flats, Rs 2 lakhs will be charged. Sources said most of the flats were one-bedroom LIG flats, from the last housing scheme. The DDA, this time, has planned to put the scheme online – including forms for application, refund and so on – to reduce long queues of flat buyers at its headquarters.