Civic Issues
Hyderabad- Due to conspiracy of field-level property assessment staff and property owners, Hyderabad government is deprived of 50 percent of its rightful revenue in municipalities and municipal corporations. This news was confirmed by Municipal Administration and Urban Development. In this regard, a pilot survey was conducted for a GIS-based system for assessing property tax in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal [...] Continue Reading »
Panaji- The government of Goa has notified draft rules for imposing house tax of only one rupee on each residential property in village panchayats of Goa. It has asked public to give their suggestions in this regard within 15 days. This seems to be a part of the BJP government’s pre-election promise to abolish house [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is now keeping a strict eye on illegal parking lots. In this regard, a meeting was held between MMiC (parking), mayor and Police traffic assistant commissioner on January 16, 2013. The list of various unauthorized parking lots across the city will be drawn. Police have been asked to keep a check on [...] Continue Reading »
In order to recover property tax, the south Delhi municipal corporation has decided to attach their bank accounts. A senior officer of SDMC said, this action will be taken by this weekend. Strict action will be taken on Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) which owes Rs 85 crore as property tax to the civic body. [...] Continue Reading »
Though the commissioner has proposed new taxes and hike in parking rates, East Delhi Municipal Corporation will not hike taxes and parking rates. The corporation is planning to develop more parking sites and had asked for a package worth Rs. 7500 crore from the Delhi Finance Commission for the work. It was decided in a [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate projects in Juhu whose no objection certificates (NOCs) were to be reviewed are found proper now. This is with reference to previous report which said No Objection Certificates (NOC) that were given to projects in Juhu will be reviewed again. Authorities had also assured that the No Objection Certificates (NOC) that were given [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- Now the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has taken charge of Kochi metro, it started inviting tenders within few days of the formal announcement. Now DMRC is trying to get land on lease to set up casting yards in and around the city. If the land is available on time, contractors can start their [...] Continue Reading »
Citizen groups and other bodies scrutinizing the BMC maps have so far found 550 errors in classifying the city’s open spaces. Many open space plots have been wrongly recorded as being used for some other purpose or marked as ‘vacant land’. There are also instances where partially constructed plots have been shown as open spaces. [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- Builders and developers who are coming up with their developments on the either side of Outer Ring Road are now eligible to pay tax. The tax amount is yet not decided. This decision was taken by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to recover the crores of rupees being spent on its development. Earlier HMDA imposed tax [...] Continue Reading »
After the annual budget presentation today, New Delhi Municipal Corporation realised that they failed to announce any new project in this year’s budget of Rs. 2,021.57 crore. The corporation will focus on completing the old projects in Delhi-NCR and few projects which are pending since the Commonwealth Games. The Connaught place redevelopment project which started [...] Continue Reading »
