India, Oct. 7 -- New Delhi

The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), ahead of implementing the Delhi Slum and Jhuggi Jhopri Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, has clarified that people of one family living separately in a jhuggi will not automatically entitle the family member living separately to a rehabilitation dwelling.

Explaining the policy provisions, an official said that one of the clearest exclusions is an unmarried adult son living separately on another floor.

"Such a case can be considered for a separate unit only if he has a separate ration card or electricity connection issued before January 1, 2025, with the document showing the address of the floor where he resides," the official, who did not wish to be...