By IANS,
New Delhi: A delegation of property owners from Delhi and Mumbai met union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath to complain about lack of reforms of the country’s “archaic” rental laws, a official statement said Saturday.
The delegation, which met the minister Thursday, informed him that not a even single state has undertaken reforms of the rent control laws under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) even though it is mandatory.
The delegation demanded immediate notification of the Delhi Rent Act, 1995, and the tabling of the Delhi Rent (Amendment) Bill, 1997, for consideration and passage in the coming monsoon session of parliament.
Besides, the delegation requested that the JNNURM funds should be stopped to the states which have not undertaken the mandatory rental law reforms.
Nath assured the delegation that the bill “will not be kept hanging”. He said he was with them on the issue.