Civic Issues
The revenue department of Delhi is going to introduce electronic registration system of sale deeds of properties in Delhi. The municipality will start this electronic system of registration from the Mehrauli sub-registrar office in south Delhi, which covers a large part of south Delhi. Buyers of properties will now be able to take online appointment [...] Continue Reading »
It is stated by the builders that the delay in getting clearances for projects is the main reason for escalating the cost of apartments in India. Normally it takes a few months to a couple of years for most projects to get approval. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has introduced the green channel clearance [...] Continue Reading »
Department of Local Bodies in Chandigarh has proposed to charge 10% power bill as property tax for the property owners in urban areas of the state. The government has planned to calculate the amount of property tax based on the power consumption by the owner, not be based on the size of the property. The [...] Continue Reading »
Documented property registration in Mumbai, Thane and Pune divisions fell in the last financial year. As per a rough estimate by a real estate analysis firm, at least 40,000 flats have remained unsold in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai areas. The actual number could be higher than that. Though, the amount of stamp duty collected by [...] Continue Reading »
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has planned to fast track the re-valuation and assessment work of properties in Nagpur for tax purposes pending for last many years. This delay is causing lot of inconvenience to the citizens and also losses to NMC. The department is waiting to finalize the decision on property tax based on [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Municipal Corporation had distributed Property Tax Cards valid for the period between 2007 and March 2012, to 6.5 lakh owners of houses in Chennai and other properties under the old city limits, for records of property tax payments. After the merging of new areas, the city now has 200 wards and the civic [...] Continue Reading »
BESCOM customers will be able to send SMS to 53030 mentioning BESCOM in the message to register their complaints from June 1st 2012. Recently BESCOM also launched 25 line helpline in order to address the complaints and will have the capacity to process over 1 lakh complaints. According to BESCOM Official this facility will reduce [...] Continue Reading »
The Gujarat government has planned to drastically reduce the impact fee. The impact fee is a registration charge for legalizing illegal structures in the state’s urban areas. According to sources the state urban development department has decided to fix a “nominal fixed value” for regularizing illegal properties in Ahmedabad and other cities by charging the [...] Continue Reading »
The property tax department of Pune has started a short message service (SMS) that will inform citizens about their tax dues on their properties at Pune. The municipal commission has declared that those who wish to get details of their dues by text messages should type NI, followed by their property number, and send it [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana Government is planning to increase the property registration rates for the financial year 2012-13. The expected hike in the property registration rate may be around 15%. The rate of registration cost for the properties in Gurgaon has witnessed several hikes in last one year. 20-33% hike in registration cost was announced by the [...] Continue Reading »
