New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Ahead of the upcoming Assembly election in Delhi, around 40-50 lakh people living in 1,797 unauthorised colonies in the national Capital will be given ownership rights.

As per the Union Cabinet's decision on Wednesday to legalise these unauthorised colonies, the ownership right will be given after payment of regularisation charge based on carpet area/plot size. For colonies on private land, the regularisation charge will be half of the charge on Government land.

The rights will be conferred on payment of nominal charge based on carpet area/plot size. For colonies on Government land, the charge will be 0.5 per cent for less than 100 sqm, 1 per cent for 100-250 sqm and 2.5 per cent for greater than 250 sqm, of the ci...