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Delhi fails key World Bank checks on business readiness
Delhi scored zero or partial marks on several indicators in the World Bank Group's Business Ready (B-READY) assessment, leading the chief secretary to chair a review meeting last month. The capital's fragmented…
The Story in Brief
Delhi scored zero or partial marks on several indicators in the World Bank Group's Business Ready (B-READY) assessment, leading the chief secretary to chair a review meeting last month. The capital's fragmented land-record system, run by multiple agencies, is a major concern. A planned 'Delhi Land Stack' aims to unify property information, but many old records held by DDA, MCD and NDMC have not been digitised. The government has set a target of August 2026 to complete digitisation.
Other gaps include the lack of a unique property ID, partly manual property registration, and weak water-quality monitoring with no independent regulator. The government is considering geo-referenced surveys and drones to map properties. Construction reforms, including sustainable building incentives, are also being discussed. Departments have been told to fix gaps within two months where possible.
The Indian Opinion
This assessment punctures the narrative that Delhi is an easy place to do business just because online portals exist. The real barriers, fragmented land records, manual deed execution, no independent water-quality watchdog, are stubbornly offline. Some will blame bureaucratic inertia, others a lack of political will. Both may be right, but the litmus test is simple: will the Land Stack and property IDs actually go live by 2026, or will they remain PowerPoint promises?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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