Standing committee
In the BMC’s (Bombay Municipal Corporation) standing committee, meeting proposals of worth Rs 3000 crore, or 10 percent of its annual budget were passed by the authority in the last 4 days. This is close to 40 percent of the 110 tenders approved on the agenda. According to BMC, cost of 75 percent proposals are [...] Continue Reading »
If the parliamentary panel’s recommendations be implemented, the projects that are built on 100 square meters of area or more would be brought under the purview of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013. In its report on the Bill, the Standing Committee on Urban Development said that the small projects, where the area [...] Continue Reading »
The standing committee has approved a proposal suggesting land allocation to the Maharashtra Natural Gas Company, because the number of gas stations are less in compared with the demand for the Compressed Natural Gas. Baburao Chandere, chairman of standing committee said that one gas station will come up at Katraj with land measuring 750 sq [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- A report by the civic body stated that there were 1470 cellphone towers, of which 588 are illegal in East Delhi. Owing to this, the Corporation officials held a meeting and decided to seal about 70 illegal cellphone towers by the end of this month. This decision might hit the cellular services in East Delhi [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- An issue raised in the standing committee stating that obtaining a complete certification is quite a tedious task and with the former issue of the certificates from October 2008 to December 2010, the corporation missed on charging the compounding fee based on the 2007 circle rates and instead the former charges from 1998-20 were practiced. [...] Continue Reading »
Activists led by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar have alleged that the much anticipated Land Acquisition Bill was actually a “diluted version” of the Standing Committee’s recommended bill. The activists under the aegis of National Alliance of People’s Movements and Sangharsh claimed that the strong position taken by the Standing Committee had been diluted [...] 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 »
Under the newly implemented capital value-based system that was approved last month, owners of buildings in Mumbai, which have come up after 2010 will have to pay property tax arrears from April 2010 in this financial year. For older buildings also the final bill will be adjusted to reflect the outstanding or refund amount calculated [...] Continue Reading »
While opposing the proposed increase on property tax in the civic budget, the Nashik Municipal Corporation‘s (NMC) standing committee (SC) points out at alternative areas of revenue generation. They have suggested levying of commercial tax on small businesses operating out of domestic premises. Standing committee chairman Uddhav Nimse stated that out of 1,132 galas owned [...] Continue Reading »
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is planning to issue passbooks to property tax payers to preserve all property tax correctly and to maintain a records up to date. The proposal was kept before the Standing Committee meeting and it was approved by other members. MK Ahuja said that by issuing passbooks there will be proper [...] Continue Reading »
