Municipality
City corporation of Kozhikode is set to upgrade the register of property owned by the civic body soon. All local self-government (LSG) bodies in the state are asked to prepare a detailed register of land owned by the respective bodies. The register prepared by the local self-government bodies in 2005-2006 was converted into digital format [...] Continue Reading »
As BBMP plans to make segregation of waste at source mandatory in Bangalore very soon, active citizens have been already following the procedure in few areas of the city. Areas like RT Nagar, HMT Layout, Anandnagar, Sanjaynagar and Dollars Colony have been practicing segregation at source for over six months now. Full Circle Trust, a [...] Continue Reading »
JnNURM directorate under the Ministry of Urban Development has issued a circular to the principal secretaries of urban development departments of all the states and union territories to adopt BBMP’s model of the property identification (PID) system. Based on Geographic Information System(GIS), BBMP has developed PID numbers to be allotted to properties for property tax [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to issue Property Identity (PID) numbers to all property owners from September 15. The aim is to bring 16 lakh properties in Bangalore under the tax net to increase the revenue collection. Palike sources state that PID scheme is in the final stages. Properties in the [...] Continue Reading »
Major relief is provided to around 40 lakh people in Delhi, as the Centre has given green signal to Delhi Government to regularise around 900 unauthorised colonies. These colonies were given provisional regularisation certificates ahead of assembly polls in 2008. CM Sheila Dikshit‘s Parliamentary Secretary Mukesh Sharma stated that Delhi Government would issue a notification [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay Chartered Accountants Society (BCAS) has urged the state government to levy a uniform one per cent tax on buyers who purchased flats between 2006 and 2010, and those after 2010. The sales tax department and developers are yet to arrive at a mutual agreement over the quantum of Value-Added Tax (VAT) leviable, the [...] Continue Reading »
Although the development authorities in Mumbai expects to finish off the Wadala-Jacob Circle Monorail corridor by the end of next year, doubts still remain whether it would be completed within time. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is yet to secure space to set up the supporting infrastructure, like sub-stations, staircases and fire-fighting rooms. [...] Continue Reading »
The tax department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a drive to recover property tax dues from property holders. The department collected dues worth Rs 5 crore over the last few days. In a press statement issued by the tax department, it has been stated that the department will form 10 squads to recover [...] Continue Reading »
Thane Municipal commissioner RA Rajeev’s proposal to shift to capital value based assessment of property tax in Thane has been criticised collectively by all the political parties. General body of the Thane Municipal Corporation, comprising of members from all political parties – Congress, NCP, BJP, Shiv Sena lashed out at the administration’s proposal to shift [...] Continue Reading »
South Delhi property tax defaulters are to bear brunt of Delhi Municipal Corporation. The south Delhi Municipal Corporation has geared up to crack down on defaulters who have rented their properties but have not been paying the right amount of property tax. The Corporation officials state that most of the residents are either not paying the [...] Continue Reading »
