Civic Issues
Ludhiana- Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is set to levy property tax on the residential properties of Ludhiana starting from November 15, 2012, as announced earlier. A formal notification had been issued on November 15, 2012 which stated that property tax would be levied from the same date onwards on all the properties. In case of commercial [...] Continue Reading »
As per data with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), around 81 % of the properties in Mumbai remain unaffected from the recent hike in property tax. With the new capital value-based property tax system in place, the citizens have been unhappy regarding the same and many plan to contest in High Court. However, 81% of [...] Continue Reading »
The provision of suggesting civic budget by the citizens in Pune seems to be failing. Pune Municipal Corporation is not able to implement the suggestions, despite having budgetary provisions. The civic body had launched the initiative of citizens’ participation in the preparation of budget in 2007-08. After the launch, it has seen an increase in [...] Continue Reading »
Unconvinced with the new way of calculating property tax, citizens in Mumbai are planning to move to Bombay High Court regarding the same. The new method is based on the capital value-based system. The major concern of the residents lies with the ground realities which affects a property’s price, are not taken into consideration in [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the unprecedented garbage crisis in the city, entrepreneurs are tapping the potential of technology where recycling is the mantra, to ease the burden on landfills. Automatic garbage machine (AGM) is one of the solution that can process 500 to 1,500 kg of waste each day, using simple but effective techniques. The machine handles [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – As summer is approaching, Tamil Nadu government assured that Chennai will not face any water crisis despite failed monsoon. The government has lots of hope with the commissioning of the Nemelli desalination plant in the Chennai city. Chief Minister has ordered to initiate this plant at the earliest. This plant will supply 100 [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- Thousands of people rushed to the Aadhaar card centres in Hyderabad city as the government announced that cooking gas cylinders (LPG) would be linked to Aadhar card from February 15, 2013. According to the sources, as per the scheme, initially a subsidy amount (Rs 1,031) will be deposited by the oil companies in customer’s [...] Continue Reading »
Residents residing in privately developed localities such as DLF, Sushant Lok, South City, Ardee City, Sun City, Nirvana Country, Palam Vihar and in other areas should pay the house tax to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon at the earliest. Government is now strict about the collection of house tax within the municipal limits, a senior [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) informed the High Court that it has constituted 182 ward committees out of 198 wards in the City. The HC ordered BBMP to display the names of the committee members on notice board and its website with the names, phone numbers (both landline and mobile) and addresses of all [...] Continue Reading »
The standing committees of Ahmedabad and Vadodara have declared hike in property tax by 60 percent and 50 percent respectively in their revised budget 2013-14. The standing committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) accepted the proposal to increase residential property tax rate by 60 percent (from 10 per sq m to Rs 16 per sq m) and [...] Continue Reading »
