Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna - Affordable Plotted Housing Policy 2016 for Low & Medium Potential Towns. The Governor of Haryana is pleased to publish the following ‘Affordable Plotted Housing Policy for Low and Medium Potential Towns’ known as ”Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana” under the provisions of Section 9A of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 and any other corresponding statute governing development of plotted housing colonies on the subject:-
The decision to approve the implementation of Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojan and ‘relocation policy’ for shifting of industries was taken at a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.Later Khattar told reporters that the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana is a policy for providing affordable plotted housing for low and medium potential towns.“It aims at development of ‘high density plotted colonies’ in low and medium potential towns of the state wherein small plots are made available through a liberal policy framework,” he said.
Khattar said that meeting also approved the Policy for Innovative Financing of Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) Projects.The policy envisages creating of a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) zone of 800 meters along the Right of Way (ROW) of the road on which an MRTS Corridor is proposed to be provided.The first 500 meters of the zone will be known as Intense TOD zone and the next 300 meters will be known as Transition TOD zone, he said adding this will discourage the dependence on private vehicles and induce the use of public transport.
The Chief Minister said that in case of short fall of the industrial zone space, additional zones will be identified and notified by the Department of Town and Country Planning Department and Urban and Local Bodies as per their respective mandates, in consultation with the Industries department.Accordingly existing or new Development Plans will be marked on map and the designated industrial zones will be earmarked as the new hub of manufacturing, he added.Keeping in view the demographics, the social an economic impact on the shifting of industry from the residential areas, a phased but time bound shifting is planned.The State will identify and notify zones and areas for the industry and will facilitate the Change of land use for the mass scale shifting and relocation of the industry to conforming zones
1. FOREWORD: (i) This policy shall be known as ‘‘Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana’. This policy is intended to encourage the development of high density plotted colonies in Low and Medium Potential towns of the State wherein small plots are made available through a liberal policy framework. (ii) All such projects shall be required to be necessarily completed within 7 years (5+2 years) from the date of grant of licence.
2. SITING PARAMETERS: (i) The projects under this policy shall be allowed only in the residential zone of the notified Development Plans of Low and Medium Potential towns of the State. Further, in any residential sector not more than 30% of the net planned area under residential zone, inclusive of the 20% area limit allowed for group housing projects, can be allowed for projects under this policy. However, if a residential sector has an area of less than 50 acres, one such project shall be allowed upto 15 acres. (ii) The minimum and maximum net planned area for such projects shall be 5 acres and 15 acres respectively irrespective of the Development Plan where such project is proposed. Not more than 10% of the licenced area should fall under sector roads. (iii) The first licence may be obtained for an area of 5 acres or more and additional licence for minimum 2 acres can be obtained to take the aggregated area of colony upto 15 acres. (iv)Grant of licence shall be considered under this policy, initially, against 20% group housing area limit in such sector. Once the area under 20% limit stands exhausted on account of either group housing licences or affordable housing policy 2013 projects or under the present policy; grant of any further licence under this policy shall be considered only upto a further limit of 10% of the net planned area under residential zone of such sector.
3. RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS & THEIR ELIGIBILITY:
(i) The applications for licence received under this policy should be made in the format as prescribed in the Rule 3 of the Haryana Development and Regulations of Urban Areas Rules, 1976 and the said Rules shall be applicable mutatismutandis for processing of the application under this policy.
(ii) The opening window for receipt of licence applications under this policy shall be 90 days from the notification of this policy. During this perioda) In case, the receipt of licence applications in a particular sector for area is less than the total area permitted in that sector under this policy, then all the eligible applications shall be considered for grant of licence subject to the minimum area norm of 5 acres and maximum area norm of 15 acres. Applications shall be entertained on an ongoing basis till the availability of area in any specific sector and/or any specific development plan vis-a-vis the area limits prescribed under this policy gets licenced.
b) In case the receipt of licence applications in a particular sector for area is more than total area permitted in that sector under this policy, then: - i. Every applicant shall be eligible for minimum 5.00 acres and the balance area shall be allowed to every applicant in proportion to the balance permitted area viz-a-viz balance applied area. ii. However, if all the applications cannot be accommodated in view of minimum area norms, then the DGTCP may consider all applications by increasing the permitted area upto 40% of net planned area of residential sector. If all the applications cannot be considered even within 40% of net planned area, then draw of lots shall be conducted.
(iii) After receipt of application, complete in all respects, from an applicant, the decision regarding either issuance of LOI or return/rejection of licence application shall be conveyed to the applicant within a period of six months from the receipt of application.
(iv) Though the policy does not prescribe any cap on the allotment rate of plots, it is envisaged that with a regular and adequate supply of high density residential plotted colonies under this policy, the market forces shall ensure that the rates of plots are affordable in such colonies.