Delhi slum rehab: How Bill in Assembly may bring more settlements into redevelopment net
The Delhi government has introduced a bill to amend the DUSIB Act, proposing to extend the cut-off date for slum rehabilitation eligibility from 2006 to 2025. This change would significantly increase the number of settlements eligible for redevelopment, allowing private entities to participate and requiring DUSIB to improve basic facilities.
Why it matters
This legislative change could drastically alter urban planning and housing for a large segment of Delhi's population, potentially improving living conditions for many while also placing a substantial financial burden on the government.
A significant number of additional jhuggi-jhopri settlements across Delhi could soon become eligible for rehabilitation schemes, after the Delhi government proposed to push back the cut-off date used to identify such clusters. The date, earlier fixed at January 1, 2006, would now move to January 1, 2025 under a new bill introduced in the Delhi Assembly.The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was tabled in the Assembly on Monday to amend the DUSIB Act, 2010. Under the current law, a jhuggi-jhopri basti is defined, among other things, as a settlement with at least 50 households existing on January 1, 2006.With the amendment, settlements that came up between 2006 and 2025 could now be considered for rehabilitation and relocation, subject to other conditions.
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