Explainer: Why is govt putting in place new policy for regularisation of illegal industrial colonies
New scheme to provide basic infra aimed at creating healthier working environment for stakeholders
The Nayab Singh government is putting in place a new policy for the regularisation of thousands of illegal industrial colonies which has mushroomed across Haryana in the past few years. By providing civic amenities and creating basic infrastructure in these unauthorised colonies, the state government wants to create a healthier working environment for all stakeholders.
Q What is latest the development on regularisation of unauthorised industrial colonies?
A. Ritu Garg, Secretary, Law and Legislative Department, Haryana Government, recently issued a notification notifying the Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Areas Outside Municipal Area (Special Provisions) Amendment Act, 2025, which clears the way for the provision of basic amenities in the illegal industrial areas in the state. After being passed by the Haryana Assembly, the Act has already been given assent by the state Governor.
Q. Why is the Act proposed to be implemented in Haryana?
A. At present, thousands of illegal units have mushroomed outside the municipal limits in major industrial towns, including Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal, Ambala and Panchkula. These lack basic amenities, providing an unhealthy working environment to the stakeholders, including entrepreneurs and workers.
n What was CM Nayab Singh Saini’s announcement during Budget 2025-26 session on the issue of illegal industrial colonies?
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, during his 2025-26 Budget speech, had advocated the need for providing basic infrastructure to the illegal industrial colonies on the pattern of unauthorised residential colonies. The new Act seems to be the outlook of Saini's promise.
Q. What are the new proposals for the implementation of the Act?
A. It is proposed that the illegal industrial units located on a minimum of 10 acres of contiguous land can apply for regularisation. The collective application must be submitted by at least 50 industrialists on a specially-created portal.
n How is the process of registration of the units sought to be regularised being rolled out?
An online portal will be created for receiving applications from such entrepreneurs. All punitive action initiated against the applicants will be deemed to have been suspended from the date of submission of the application on the portal. The pending final decision on their application, will be considered 'valid industrial units' by all government departments.
Q. What about those industrial units whose cases are pending in the courts?
A. The policy would not cover the cases which have either been forwarded to or are pending before any court of law. Their inclusion in the policy parameters would only be taken after the decision of the court.
Q. How will the industrialists and workers benefit from the scheme?
A. The new scheme seeks to regularise the illegal industrial units by providing these basic infrastructure aimed at creating healthier working environment for the stakeholders, including entrepreneurs and workers.
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