CM Rekha Gupta chairing a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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The Delhi government is set to table a Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session to repeal the existing law governing the functioning of bed-and-breakfast (B&B) facilities — ‘The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Incredible India) Bed and Breakfast Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2007’ — two months after the fire at a one such facility in Malviya Nagar killed 23 people, including several foreigners.Making the announcement on Wednesday, Speaker Vijender Gupta said the Assembly’s Business Advisory Committee had decided to table the Bill to repeal the 2007 Act in the four-day session starting on Friday.The committee has also decided to table two other Bills — the Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound and Ease of Delivery of Service) Bill, 2026 and a Bill to amend the existing Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Act, 2010.The Speaker added that two reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and a notification concerning the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission will also be tabled in the House.New B&B policyTourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said work is under way on the ‘Delhi Bed & Breakfast Policy, 2026’, whose draft was placed in the public domain on May 26. The draft policy proposes a self-certification and self-renewal framework, with “deemed approval” within seven working days, down from 30 days in the 2007 law.“The new policy will be cleared by the Cabinet within a month. During this period — between the repeal of the existing Act and the enactment of the new policy — the Centre’s rules on B&Bs will apply in Delhi,” the Minister told The Hindu. He said the process to repeal the 2007 Act has been going on for nearly a year, as many of its provisions have become outdated. “If necessary, we will promulgate the new policy as an ordinance,” said Mr. Mishra.The Delhi government is also working on a draft Delhi Ease of Doing Business Bill, 2026. It aims to introduce reforms to make the city the easiest place in the country to establish and operate an enterprise. The proposal includes self-certification for low-risk industries and no routine inspections for three years.The Bill was discussed at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, but it was not approved as some changes are being made to the draft, sources said.Speaking on the proposed legislation on Tuesday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said her government’s objective is to build an administrative system in which entrepreneurs and investors spend their time expanding their businesses rather than visiting government offices, and where approvals are easier to obtain, procedures are clear, decisions are taken within fixed timelines, and unnecessary compliance burdens are eliminated. Published - August 06, 2026 12:36 am IST
