1 2 F%, "'# $' !7 !$' !7 7 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' .01!.23456 *6767 3&4.5 '*&8! # ! )9,56@5 .194,,5,+4%:9)* 5%5:+48 ,56+9)*4 66945: ):56%<%:+)*+49) :4)6+:+9: )64,+8:6 4%65:H )4%+45:45:4,4 ,56:,94 6(,5:,@+(, ) *(!->.../ /1= G'5 " '# 7 ,867893:; "358 R Q R #* a Bill in the Winter Session of 6 9# "" 6 %) ! ! /=/> " ! , 45,56+ Parliament beginning ! ! L, " M " ' ' " # " ! < ❝ % # $ November 18 to this effect. Puri # " # ' !! $ "' ' " " head of the upcoming called it the most “far-sighted, ' " %! ' ! " # ! " ' " ! ' #' < AAssembly election in Delhi, progressive, revolutionary step” " ! # !# ! " " " ! around 40-50 lakh people liv- for Delhi since Independence. " ' ! '' 4 !#>E ) ' " + # ing in 1,797 unauthorised The Minister termed the ! " ❝ + 8 ! colonies in the national Capital move as a “Diwali gift” to the %! ## /=>? will be given ownership rights. poor residents. The Cabinet # + ! # #! # ! ! $ As per the Union Cabinet’s decision does not apply to 69 !$+ ! ' !< decision on Wednesday to affluent colonies such as Sainik 8 ' '! ! ! " # $ N O ! #" ' legalise these unauthorised Farms, Mahendru Enclave and ' " #" P colonies, the ownership right Anantram Dairy. will be given after payment of The decision is politically * regularisation charge based on significant as unauthorised carpet area/plot size. For colonies, which account for a the decision to grant people have option to pay charge in colonies on private land, the sizeable vote base, have been a from low-income groups own- three equal installments to be regularisation charge will be key issue in Delhi and has fig- ership rights. Puri said the city paid in a year. !" # $ $ half of the charge on ured prominently in the man- Government had sought time “Any person paying full Government land. ifesto of political parties in each till 2021 to give the inputs amount in one installment will proposal sent by the Delhi The rights will be con- election. The term of the Delhi sought from it for taking the get the ownership rights imme- Government in July month. ferred on payment of nominal Assembly ends in February. decision and added that the diately. Provisional rights will “The Centre has taken an charge based on carpet The proposed Bill is aimed Modi Government decided to be given on payment of two important decision, it was a area/plot size. For colonies on at recognising general power of “take the initiative when it installments, which will be long pending decision and Government land, the charge attorney (GPA), will, agreement became clear that the Delhi converted to permanent rights 45,56+ there should be no further will be 0.5 per cent for less than to sell, purchase and possession Government will do nothing”. after full and final payment. delay,” Kejriwal said. 100 sqm, 1 per cent for 100-250 documents. This will give a The DDA will lay down a The late payment will attract elcoming the Union While the most challenging sqm and 2.5 per cent for one-time relaxation to the res- simplified procedure for issuing simple interest at the rate of WGovernment’s decision task before the Government is greater than 250 sqm, of the idents of these colonies. The conveyance deed and registra- eight per cent per annum. to regularise unauthorised mapping of these colonies circle rate of highest category Bill will also provide for regis- tion of property and fix the Conveyance deed will be exe- colonies in the national Capital, which will be most likely done of locality of the residential tration charge and stamp duty boundaries of these colonies. cuted for residential purpose, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind by land owning agency — the area surrounding the unau- on last transaction and also There will be no penalty and irrespective of use,” the state- Kejriwal said the Centre should Delhi Development Authority thorised colony. address the issue of income tax external development charges ment said. speed up the process. (DDA). Making the announcement liability on account of less than (EDC). As per the existing regula- Soon after the announce- However, Kejriwal has after the Cabinet’s decision, circle rate charges. Multiple plots/flats holders tions of 2008, the process of ment made by the Union advised to consider the map- Union Housing and Urban Puri also slammed the will be charged on the rate regularisation was to be Cabinet, Kejriwal said the road ping work to be done by Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Arvind Kejriwal Government, applicable to area by clubbing coordinated and supervised by map for the regularisation of Geospatial Delhi Limited of Puri said the Centre will bring accusing it of trying to “delay” all properties. Residents will the Delhi Government. 1,797 colonies was based on a Delhi Government. ! # % %&'()*&' +##$ '$ P !" # $%&' $ Q( R. ' 45,56+ and about 6,295 crore for % ' ! : "A= MTNL in lieu of preferential iving a huge boost to the % # # shares,” Prakash said. / " ( Gailing Government tele- " ' ! B==== The Government will com companies BSNL and ' !' ! ' "' " " monetise MTNL and BSNL $,# Chidambaram when he was 6 MTNL, the Union Cabinet on %@:' # # %4 assets worth 37,500 crore over lodged in Tihar Jail in connec- Wednesday approved their )# # % ' ! # a period of three years. Both - tion with the INX Media case. oon after staging dharna at merger and announced a ! >/?' " ' # companies across India have Former Prime Minister the residence of his brother S revival package of 68,751 ' ! ' ! ! land assets worth more than 3 * HD Deve Gowda and ex-Chief Digvijay Singh here on crore. The Government will # ' ! ! lakh crore. Ministers HD Kumaraswamy Tuesday, Congress MLA also provide 4G spectrum to “The assets primarily 45,56+75489:9 and Siddaramaiah welcomed Laxman Singh created flutter in the merged unit, pay their include land assets but also the High Court granting bail to political circles by paying a sur- GST and other dues, and offer that will be levied on allocation petitive in the market. Telecom istratively within a month. rental and leasing of their he Delhi High Court on the Congress leader. prise visit to senior BJP leader an attractive VRS scheme to of radio waves. Secretary Anshu Prakash said “The spectrum allocation buildings. MTNL has around TWednesday granted bail to Kumaraswamy had met Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on employees above 50 years. “The VRS package the spectrum will be allocated to BSNL worth 14,115 crore 29 retail outlets in Delhi alone,” Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar at Tihar Jail on Wednesday. “In case of BSNL and approved by the Cabinet will to both the companies admin- will be in lieu of equity shares Prakash said. Shivakumar in a money laun- Monday and said that the The meeting surprised MTNL, the Government’s view give eligible employees 125 dering case filed by Congress leader was “bold” to almost the political observers, is clear. These are strategic per cent of income that they the Enforcement Directorate fight “vengeance politics”. as Laxman Singh had in the assets of India. The entire would have earned by serving ( '*( (ED), saying he cannot tamper Shivakumar and past joined the BJP. In the Army network is maintained the company till the age of 60 with the evidence or influence Kumaraswamy, both Vokkaliga recent past too, Singh had by BSNL,” said Telecom years. With this decision, we $ ) " witnesses. Justice Suresh Kait strongmen, have been bitter been raising voice against his Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, have taken care of the interest said the Congress leader was political opponents in the old party’s government in Madhya reiterating no privatisation of of lakhs of employees of these New Delhi: In the biggest exploration and production, New Delhi: The Government “entitled” for grant of bail as no Mysuru region, until they came Pradesh. these two telecom companies. PSUs,” Prasad said. BSNL has reform in fuel retailing sector refining, pipelines or liquefied on Wednesday hiked the min- material has been shown to together for the formation of Singh had staged a daylong Prasad said that MTNL around 1.68 lakh employees in almost two decades, the natural gas (LNG) terminals. imum support price (MSP) indicate that he was a flight risk. the Congress-JD(S) coalition dharna at his elder brother will be merged with BSNL and MTNL around 22,000. Government on Wednesday Companies with net worth for wheat by 85 to 1,925 a Earlier in the day, Congress Government, after 2018 Digvijay Singh’s residence on soon and will operate as a sub- “The VRS is voluntary; relaxed norms for setting up of 250 crore will be allowed to quintal and for pulses by up to president Sonia Gandhi met Assembly polls. Tuesday demanding that his sidiary of BSNL. The package nobody can be forced to opt for petrol pumps, allowing non-oil sell petrol and diesel, subject to 325 per quintal. Shivakumar in Tihar Jail and brother should specify a date includes raising of 15,000 it,” he said. companies to venture into the condition that they install facil- A decision in this regard assured him of all support when the assembly con- crore sovereign bonds to meet The total debt on both the business — a move that could ities for marketing of at least was taken at a meeting of the from the party. Sonia was stituency Chachoda, he repre- the immediate capital require- companies stood at 40,000 help private and foreign firms one new generation alternate Cabinet Committee on accompanied by Congress gen- sents in assembly, would be ment of both the companies, crore, of which half of the lia- enter the world’s fastest-grow- fuel such as CNG, LNG, biofu- Economic Affairs, headed by eral secretary Ambika Soni declared a district. The dharna 4G spectrum allocation worth bility is on MTNL alone which ing market.