#RealtyNewsRoundUp: Passports May Not Serve As Address Proof

Passports may no longer serve as a valid proof of address as the external affairs ministry has decided not to print the last page of the travel document with the address of the holder. The last page of the passport includes the legal guardian's name, the names of the holder's mother, spouse and their address. The recommendations of a three-member panel, comprising officials from the ministry of external affairs and the ministry of women and child development, were accepted, and it was decided that the last page of the passport and other travel documents issued under the Passports Act, 1967, and the Passport Rules, 1980, would no longer be printed.

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Over 9,400 enemy properties, worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore, are set to be auctioned with the home ministry starting the process of identifying all such estates. The properties were left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China. The move came after the amendment of the 49-year-old Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, which ensured that the heirs of those who migrated to Pakistan and China during Partition and afterwards will have no claim over the properties left behind in India.

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The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry sought a nearly three-fold increase in allocation of funds in the Budget this year for its Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), official sources say. "The ministry has sought over three-fold hike in the allocation of funds for the PMAY (U). The ministry had proposed Rs 20,000 crore for financing of the scheme," the source said.

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As icy winds and cold conditions swept Delhi this winter, authorities in the national capital failed to persuade more than 1,100 homeless people to temporarily move to night shelters, according to official data. The Delhi government has been informed that roughly 1,167 people scattered across the city have rejected repeated attempts by rescue teams to place them in night shelters.

Source: Media reports