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Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was hit out by Opposition leaders for allowing an NGO for implementing a Zero Garbage Project. To implement the Zero Garbage Project in 20 cities, the standing committee has approved the proposal to allot Rs 1.48 crore to NGO Janwani. BJP corporator, Shirnath Bhimale has opposed the decision by saying that [...] Continue Reading »
Thane Municipal commissioner RA Rajeev’s proposal to shift to capital value based assessment of property tax in Thane has been criticised collectively by all the political parties. General body of the Thane Municipal Corporation, comprising of members from all political parties – Congress, NCP, BJP, Shiv Sena lashed out at the administration’s proposal to shift [...] 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 »
While the civic bodies always seem to project themselves of running short on funds, a recent revelation in Maharashtra pictures inefficient collection machinery causing huge loss to the bodies. An Right To Information (RTI) query filed by two BJP corporators has revealed that 70,000 property holders in Pimpri-Chinchwad have not paid property tax dues, total [...] Continue Reading »
Majority of the BJP has demanded the demolition of an ‘illegal’ structure at Subhash Park in the House meeting of the North Corporation on Monday. The structure was built by MLA Shoaib Iqbal at Subhash Park, claiming that the site belongs to the 17th century Akbarabadi mosque. The demand came after a report from Commissioner P [...] Continue Reading »
Yet another story of lack of political consensus coming in way of urban reform surfaces in Punjab when BJP opposes the imposition of property tax in Punjab as drafted by its political ally SAD. Punjab is aiming to generate more revenue to help out the fund starved finance department. As a consequence of BJP’s opposition, [...] Continue Reading »
The opposition leader MK Gunashekar has said that the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for 2012-13 is highly unrealistic and many infrastructure projects planned for this year will not be executed in the BBMP council on Monday. Ruled by BJP, the BBMP has failed to maintain transparency in preparing the budget and the budget [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has issued a notification regarding nominating 16 persons to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council on Thursday. The nominations have been made on the basis of constituency. All the nominees are senior BJP workers and followers of MLAs and ministers, BBMP sources said. Most of the nominees did not succeed in [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for 2012-13 will be presented only after Hindu Lunar month of ‘Ashada’ considered ‘inauspicious’. The BJP, which is the Ruling Party in the BBMP Council, has promised a realistic budget. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy and chairperson of the Standing Committee for Taxation and Finance K.A. Muneendra Kumar had [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is busy preparing and scheduling tasks for the upcoming elections in New Delhi. In this scenario, BJP ruled MCD as well as Standing Committee of MCD has rejected the plan of hiking the property tax. The budget proposals for the next financial year 2012-2013 revealed that amendments or hike in context [...] Continue Reading »
