Civic authority
Faced with poor recovery of tax arrears, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has decided to gear up for fast recovery of the dues. MMC has drawn up plans to constitute two teams – one each for Margao and Fatorda – to expedite the recovery process. The teams would comprise of a supervisor and a couple [...] Continue Reading »
The number of online taxpayers under the jurisdiction of North Delhi Municipal Corporation has significantly increased this year as compared to last year. According to the North Corporation, 1.83 lakh people have paid property tax online, while 1.41 lakh people deposited tax over the counter in the last eight months. The number of online tax [...] Continue Reading »
The state government of Jharkhand is planning to revise property registry fees conducted annually in urban and biennially in rural areas. There has been a huge discrepancy in the charges until the last revision of registry rates and there used to be a hike of just 5 per cent in upmarket areas whereas it went [...] Continue Reading »
Considering that the intricate self-assessment forms of property tax proves to be difficult ones to fill out for residents, Kochi Corporation is to send out its officials to help residents fill the forms. The welcome move is announced as a wide range of information, including the distance of the building from the thoroughfare, type of [...] Continue Reading »
The Noida Authority has given relief to cooperative group housing flat owners who had failed to get their properties registered after purchasing stamp papers within the Supreme Court’s deadline of January 26, 2012. The Authority has decided to exempt them from paying the penalty of Rs 100 per day for the period after the purchase [...] Continue Reading »
A recent survey by the civic authority has revealed that there are more than 320 real estate projects in Mumbai, both commercial and residential, which have been put on hold. The data came up during a recent survey of mosquito-breeding sites in the city. Majority of these projects, around 202, are in the western suburbs [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has been dysfunctional for some months now as appointment of the head still waits. The complaints being carried to the BDA headquarters on T Chowdaiah Road remain unanswered and even unheard as the newly appointed commissioner had been transferred as the principal secretary to the chief minister, leaving the civic agency [...] Continue Reading »
Seven suspected dengue deaths in the state seemingly have not been able to move the government. The council meeting only resulted in ruling and opposition party members fighting over discussing the issue, rather than reaching any conclusion. The statistics are alarming and yet there is apparent lack of political will to tackle the issue. Former [...] Continue Reading »
Thane District Consumer Forum has ruled that builders must stand by the conditions laid down by civic authority while granting the occupation certificate (OC), even though if such conditions are not a part of the sale agreement with flat buyers. Recently, a complaint was filed by Sarvottam Co-operative Housing Society against city-based Radhakrishna Developers. According [...] Continue Reading »
If all goes well there will soon be a in Pune. Acting on the directions of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation to invite tenders in its bid to start full-scale operation of plant at Moshi garbage depot. The zone generates some 500 tonnes of garbage. The garbage at present [...] Continue Reading »
