Civic Issues
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is all set to reform property tax structure. Determined to go ahead with its plans to assess property tax based on capital value of structures, the civic body is likely to vie for reforms in the tax structure. TMC’s legal department will file a signed affidavit that is to be [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is on its course to implement the new model of calculating property tax. The proposed model is known as ready reckoner based property tax, which is in reality a capital based property tax. NMC has created various categories of taxpayers according to the respective location of each property. The scheduled general [...] Continue Reading »
The parks and green belts of Chandigarh seem to be on its way to be maintained again. The resident welfare associations (RWAs) of Chandigarh have shown interest in the municipal corporation‘s offer to maintain green belts and neighbourhood parks. At present around 1,600 neighbourhood parks lie neglected, with Municipal Corporation expressing its helplessness to maintain [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) held a workshop for volunteers of Mumbai’s Ganesh mandals ahead of the Ganesha festival starting from September 19. The workshop is to be held at a civic school at Worli Sea Face. During the workshop, round 250 volunteers will be briefed about crowd management, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), etc. [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to rope in bigger, reputable firms to build roads in the city rather than small-time contractors. The civic body which had tried to bring in bigger contractors previous year but to no avail, has increased tender amounts this year. BMC has come up with three contracts worth Rs. [...] Continue Reading »
Amravati Municipal Corporation (AMC) held its general body meeting in which key decisions were taken regarding industrial incentives and Below Poverty Line (BPL) facilities. AMC is planning to give concession on local body tax (LBT) and house tax to the industries in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). In the general body meeting, decision has [...] Continue Reading »
Senior citizens and retired employees of Allahabad organised a meeting at Chandra Shekhar Azad Park in which they raised concern over hike in house tax. United Forum of Pensioners Association, expressing the views of retired employees have urged the municipal commissioner, mayor, district magistrate to take measures to reduce the proposed hike. The state government [...] Continue Reading »
The confusion over VAT payable by the builders and buyers in Maharashtra is being handled carefully by the state government and builders alike. The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI)-Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has set up a four-member committee to look for the best option for developers to compute Value [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra state government has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Sitaram Kunte to address the issue of bad roads. The new committee will work on a policy to improve the maintenance of all city roads, including non-BMC roads. It has been formed comprising of members from the [...] Continue Reading »
The Madhya Pradesh state government‘s decision to levy Narmada tax has come under fire from various builders and property owners. The property owners are to pay tax prior to getting building permission for any construction is bound to put an additional burden on those constructing new house, as well as on those who had bought [...] Continue Reading »
