The Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has informed that there are 675 listed and 82 unlisted JJ Bastis in Delhi on the land of various Government land owning agencies including Delhi Development Authority (DDA Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Government of National).

Land and colonization are State subjects, however, the Government under the vision of ‘Housing for All’ by 2022, is supplementing the efforts of the States/ Union Territories by providing Central Assistance under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) [PMAY(U)], for construction of houses of all eligible families/ beneficiaries including slum dwellers since 25.06.2015. Under the ‘In-situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR)’ component of PMAY-U Mission, Central Assistance of ₹ 1.0 lakh per house is provided.

DDA has informed that as per its Rehabilitation Policy, which is based on PMAY-U, viable JJ clusters out of  the list notified by DUSIB  are taken up for in-situ slum rehabilitation. The status is as under:

Survey of 376 JJ Clusters is underway to assess eligibility of JJ dwellers for flats/ pucca accommodation.
Request for Proposal (RFP) for six (6) projects having approximately 10,300 households (HHs) in 10 JJ Clusters sites have been floated for inviting private developers to undertake 'in-situ rehabilitation' on PPP model.
RFP for four (4) other projects covering 15,000 HHs approximately in 8 JJ Clusters Sites is under process.
DUSIB has informed that JJ Bastis are rehabilitated/ relocated as per rehabilitation/ relocation policy applicable at the time of rehabilitation/ relocation.  At present the Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation policy 2015 renamed as Mukhya Mantri Awas Yojana is applicable.

DDA has informed that the vision for Master Plan for Delhi (MPD)- 2041 is to foster a Sustainable, Liveable and Vibrant Delhi by 2041.Some of the key/ salient features of the plan are at Annexure.

 DDA has informed that re-location/ in-situ redevelopment of JJ clusters has been proposed in the Draft MPD-2041 with focus on urban poor, flexibility with mix of uses and relaxed development controls.

MPD-2021 has provisions to develop lung spaces/ recreational areas and green belt to the extent of 15 to 20% of land use.  Further, the master plan provides for detailed planning norms and standards for recreational areas/ parks from sub-city level to neighbourhood level and green belt.  In addition to the MPD-2021 provisions, DDA also adopts new initiatives such as provision of STP water for horticulture purposes, solar lighting initiatives, waste management through vermi-compost units, wetland development and indigenous plantation.

Draft MPD-2041 provides for enhancing green blue infrastructure (green assets) i.e., ecological features like forests, orchards, riverside development, planned parks, trees and landscaped areas, recreational greens, green belts, gardens, etc.