Municipality
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has geared up to set up water kiosks across the city. As a part of the project, which would cost of Rs 10 lakh, the Authority has installed the first water cooler at the most frequented Pari Chowk round about. Within the next week they plan to install [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — on tariff mess The Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — for their functioning. The Delhi high court asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to issue a fresh tariff order. “The [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP Bangalore has found that some citizens have misused Self-assessment scheme (SAS). The fund-starved civic body, is all set to net its big catch — such frauds. Random scrutiny of property tax returns will finally take off anytime after May 31. The delayed scrutiny process will see over 3 lakh assessed properties (30%) randomly checked. [...] Continue Reading »
The Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) are selective in targeting builders who flout occupation certificate (OC) norms. Small-time builders alleged that they were being harassed and threatened with police complaints by the municipality. While FIRs are being filed against small-time builders, no cases have been so far registered against the big developers who have massive [...] Continue Reading »
Since sellers don’t perceive a market for TDR Real estate,developers are able to buy TDRs at throwaway sums. Developers buy certificates issued in B or C zones (the secondary and peripheral parts of the city), and utilize them in projects in the centre of the city (part of the A zone) where land valuations are [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) likely to adopt Bihar housing policy, a housing policy initiated by Nitish Kumar’s government in Bihar. Under the new policy, the civic body just notifies the detailed guidelines, according to which the architects are required to plan the new projects. The Bihar pattern will shortly be recommended by the centre to [...] Continue Reading »
Every day the satellite township produces over 300 tonnes of municipal waste. In the absence of an efficient waste management system or even a designated landfill site, residents of Noida have started taking matters into their own hands are making innovative efforts to manage waste. Residents explained that the root of the problems lies in [...] Continue Reading »
CM B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday launched the e-payment service through which traders can pay their sales tax, VAT, CST and entry tax. The customer will no longer go through the hassle of using drafts and cheques for payment. Karnataka has become the first state in the country to introduce RBI’s e-payment system for commercial [...] Continue Reading »
The District Education Officer (DEO) in Ahmedabad has asked all schools to remove mobile towers within a month. The DEO had written to all schools in January, asking them to provide details of cellphone towers, terms of contract with mobile phone companies, payment and duration. Sources say there are more than 10 schools in the [...] Continue Reading »
The old system of BBMP property tax collection system which was in existence between 2003 and 2007 will be revived to facilitate easy and simple payment of property tax. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to revert to the old system of property tax collection in the next four months. As most of [...] Continue Reading »
