Civic Issues
The authenticity of penalty receipts issued by Chennai corporation against those who dump debris and garbage on the city roads has come under the scanner. The issue has been raised by an RTI activist. A receipt copy available with this newspaper lacks mandatory details like name and designation of the officer collecting the penalty. Moreover, [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has collected Rs 125 crore through the auction of 42 plots in the city. The HMDA got Rs 84.74 crore for over four acres of land in Nandagiri Hills, the most prized possession of the authority. NetNet Ventures Pvt Ltd,bought the plot for Rs 18.5 crore per acre against [...] Continue Reading »
Civic administration in Bangalore came to a halt on Wednesday as 12,000 employees of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stopped their work. The employees were protesting against the alleged interference of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) in BBMP’s work. With the employees’ union threatening to continue with the protest a bunch of civic [...] Continue Reading »
Each beneficiary of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) will save Rs 36,000 as the state government has waived the stamp duty on conveyance. Now that the stamp duty on registration of EWS houses built under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has been waived, the beneficiaries [...] Continue Reading »
While realty is growing in Kerala, especially in cities like Kochi, drinking water supply in flats have remained irregular for months. Occupants of newly-built flats in Kalamassery, Thrikkakara, and Kakkanad are facing water shortage forcing them to buy water sold through tanker Lorries. Since they cannot get access to water supply, flat dwellers have to [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court has refused to entertain a petition filed by SGS Infratech Ltd challenging the propriety of notice issued by Chief Executive Officer of Pune Cantonment Board. The notice demanded property tax from April 1991 to March 2012 in respect of its property on the defence land.The bench stated that the petition is [...] Continue Reading »
The state government’s decision to hike house tax in Allahabad has not gone down well with the residents and now opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have started protesting against the hike in house tax. The BJP protested against state urban development ministry and stated that the government has cheated the people of Allahabad by [...] Continue Reading »
The recent revision in vacant land tax (VLT) has disappointed many owners of vacant sites and plots in the city of Visakhapatnam. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) officials claim that the decision has been taken to check defaulters of tax arrears as well as to raise revenue. The GVMC is collecting arrears of VLT [...] Continue Reading »
The tax on commercial property in Chandigarh may be increased in near future. The issue is to be taken up at the meeting of the House Tax committee to be held in the coming days and the extent of the increase would be decided after a discussion at the meeting. Property tax on commercial property [...] Continue Reading »
Property tax collection in Salt Lake is set to be restarted. The Trinamool led Bidhannagar municipality had started tax collection on March this year after several years but collection again had to be withheld after a section of residents complained of some miscalculations in many of the tax bills dispatched. Many residents started complaining that [...] Continue Reading »
