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Rehabilitation for most slum dwellers, in-situ relocation focus of new policy for Delhi

Indian Express·June 17, 2026·3 updates

4 min readNew DelhiJun 18, 2026 03:23 AM IST “We are also working on a new provision under which even family members living on the first or second floor of the slum unit will be eligible for rehabilitation by giving an additional charge," Sood said.

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Indian Express·Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Rehabilitation for most slum dwellers, in-situ relocation focus of new policy for Delhi

Nearly all slum dwellers in the Capital eligible for rehabilitation and priority to relocating them close to the existing slum clusters —

these are the highlights of the Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, which is set to be notified. A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a key meeting and said that the new policy, which replaces Delhi Slum Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy 2015,

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“Earlier, we used to see that half the families in a slum were eligible, while the other half were not, which used to lead to resistance and court cases. The new policy will make everyone eligible, so people will cooperate more,” an official said. Tenders will be issued for slum parcels in Mayur Vihar in East Delhi, Seelampur in Northeast, Sultanpuri in Northwest, Lajpat Nagar in Southeast and Pitampura in Central North districts, as per Shah’s directions to issue tender for rehabilitation of 5 slum clusters under public private partnership (PPP) mode. “Extending the rehabilitation eligibility cut till 2025 is a revolutionary move that will give all slum dwellers in Delhi a pucca house, so that every GenZ in all slums of Delhi can think of a better future. We have also stuck to our promise of Jaha Jhuggi Wahan Makan,” Sood said. Similar to the current policy, he added, slum dwellers will have to pay a sum ranging between Rs 1.12 lakh to Rs 1.41 lakh to get a house. The Indian Express had reported in March that the Delhi government is working on a new slum policy which will extend the eligibility cut-off date from the present January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2025. Progress on relocation Slum rehabilitation in the national capital is currently governed by the Delhi government’s Delhi Slum and Jhuggi Jhopri Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015, which was brought in by the previous AAP government and subsequently also adopted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for slums on central government lands. The rehabilitation process, however, has progressed at an excruciatingly slow pace over the past decade, with only two in-situ projects — Ashok Vihar and Kalkaji, together providing around 4,700 flats — completed so far, both by DDA. Under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, which the government says it will use, private developers come in to construct housing to rehabilitate slum dwellers on part of the slum land while the remaining land is commercially developed . The underlying rationale is that the developer recovers the cost of building units for slum dwellers by making profits from the ‘free sale’ component. The model was expected to work well since slums are typically located on high-value land in central city areas.Story continues below this ad However, DDA has struggled to attract private developers, who cite small land parcels, difficult locations near drains and railway tracks, and frequent litigation. The only ongoing PPP redevelopment

Rehabilitation for most slum dwellers, in-situ relocation focus of new policy for Delhi

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Rehabilitation for most slum dwellers, in-situ relocation focus of new policy for Delhi

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Rehabilitation for most slum dwellers, in-situ relocation focus of new policy for Delhi

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