Civic Issues
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations (BMC) has finally listened to the citizens’ woes. The civic body has taken steps to make the new property tax system transparent to the public. To start with, Stamp duty Ready Reckoner (SDRR) rates are now displayed on the official website of the civic body. The RR rates form the base value [...] Continue Reading »
The residents and commuters of Nanjappa Road in Shantinagar are facing lot of problem every time they pass through this stretch. To lay drain pipes, the road was dug four months ago but now the work has stopped and the road is filled with huge holes and the number of accidents on the road has [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- As the revision of property tax is going all over the country, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to assess property tax by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) survey. They are planning to implement GIS survey to capture every property electronically. In this regard, a detailed tender will be released to invite agencies. According to [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- As the process of linking cooking gas cylinders (LPG) to Aadhaar card is ongoing, many questions are left unanswered by authorities regarding the subsidy money which will be deposited by the oil companies in customer’s bank account before the supply of gas to consumer. The President of Hyderabad LPG dealer’s association asked questions related to amount [...] Continue Reading »
With the new property tax system in place, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to frame guidelines to decide on weightages needed for calculation of the tax. For buildings with multiple-age and construction types, deciding on the weightages is one of the crucial parameters for calculation of the tax. A weightage is defined as the capital value [...] Continue Reading »
The fight between North and South Delhi Municipal Corporation for the ownership of the Civic Centre getting murkier day by day. With the North Corporation demanding property tax from South Corporation against the use of premises at the 28-storey building, the South Corporation is questioning the ownership claims of North Corporation over it. The South [...] Continue Reading »
The centralised solid waste management plant in Mysore city will be relocated to the outskirts very soon. The MCC has decided to shift the solid waste management plant to Rayanakere on H D Kote Road which has come as a great relief to the residents. Many real estate developers are focusing on JP Nagar and [...] Continue Reading »
Hutchins Road is a victim of unplanned construction. Old bungalows are replaced with multi-storeyd apartments with no attention paid to the basic infrastructure like sewage, water and roads. Multi-storeyd apartments have come in place of independent houses which result in inadequate supply of water, overflowing manholes and unsafe pavements. The Residents Welfare association of Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to give health insurance of up to Rs 3 lakh for those citizens who have paid property tax this year. A whopping property tax of Rs 2,156 crore has been collected this year, contributed by about 15 lakh owners of properties in Mumbai. According to BMC these property tax [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh- Residents of Chandigarh will have to start paying tax for their properties as the Mayor has been forced to impose property tax in the city. The issue of imposition of tax in urban Punjab has been a hot topic in Punjab from past few months. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil seems [...] Continue Reading »
