Overview

• A July 1 high-level meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed labour, fire, pollution control and IT departments to implement reforms within six months under the BJP administration’s flagship schemes.
• The Labour Department will amend the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act and issue Factory Act notifications to allow women night shifts with consent, raise the minimum employee threshold to ten and permit 24×7 operations.
• Amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act will increase the worker threshold from 100 to 200 for closures and layoffs, simplifying exit rules for smaller factories.
• Delhi Fire and Pollution Control departments will empanel third-party audit agencies to streamline NOC issuance, cut environmental consent timelines to 20 days and enable MSME self-certification.
• The IT Department is developing a single-window NOC portal to centralize approvals, track compliance in real time and accelerate clearances.