Lok Sabha gives approval for National Capital Territory Bill

Lok Sabha gives approval for “National Capital Territory Bill”

The Lok Sabha passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that seeks to regularise unauthorised colonies that existed in the National Capital Territory of Delhi as on June 1, 2014, and had seen development up to 50% as on January 1, 2015.

Key-Features of the Bill

• The amendment bill aims at ensuring that the LG of Delhi is necessarily granted an opportunity to exercise the power in the select category of the cases, in an emergency.
• The bill gives power to the Lieutenant Governor to make rules in matters that fall outside the purview of the elected government in Delhi.
• The amendment bill also has a provision that all the actions by the executive will be expressed to be taken in the name of LG.
• The opinion of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi shall be obtained before the state government takes any form of executive action based on the decisions taken by an individual minister or cabinet.