Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified sources from where it is losing revenue. In a survey to reassess buildings in tech parks for property tax at Mahadevapura revealed that the Palike has been cheated of crores by commercial and IT buildings, which do not pay tax according to the law. BBMP found that 10 [...]
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IT parks in Bangalore are not paying property tax properly
Monday, May 28th, 2012Properties in Delhi will be registered electronically
Monday, May 28th, 2012The revenue department of Delhi is going to introduce electronic registration system of sale deeds of properties in Delhi. The municipality will start this electronic system of registration from the Mehrauli sub-registrar office in south Delhi, which covers a large part of south Delhi. Buyers of properties will now be able to take online appointment [...]
Chandigarh government plans to charge property tax based on power consumption
Monday, May 28th, 2012Department of Local Bodies in Chandigarh has proposed to charge 10% power bill as property tax for the property owners in urban areas of the state. The government has planned to calculate the amount of property tax based on the power consumption by the owner, not be based on the size of the property. The [...]
Assessment for properties in Nagpur will be completed in six months
Monday, May 28th, 2012The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has planned to fast track the re-valuation and assessment work of properties in Nagpur for tax purposes pending for last many years. This delay is causing lot of inconvenience to the citizens and also losses to NMC. The department is waiting to finalize the decision on property tax based on [...]
BESCOM customers can now register complaints from Mobile
Monday, May 28th, 2012BESCOM customers will be able to send SMS to 53030 mentioning BESCOM in the message to register their complaints from June 1st 2012. Recently BESCOM also launched 25 line helpline in order to address the complaints and will have the capacity to process over 1 lakh complaints. According to BESCOM Official this facility will reduce [...]
Property tax information by short message service for in Pune
Thursday, May 24th, 2012The property tax department of Pune has started a short message service (SMS) that will inform citizens about their tax dues on their properties at Pune. The municipal commission has declared that those who wish to get details of their dues by text messages should type NI, followed by their property number, and send it [...]
Indiscriminate digging of bore wells creates water crisis in Bangalore
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012High growth of real estate projects in Bangalore leads to the water crisis of the city. Many newly developed areas in Bangalore, which were outskirts some years ago, are experiencing sharpe rise of apartment constructions. When the construction of any project started, the bore wells are dug at the same time as corporation water supply [...]
Mysore City Corporation to celebrate 150th anniversary
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012The Mysore City Corporation is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary on July 24. A consultative committee is constituted to draft plans for celebrating the event in a grand manner. A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been set aside for the celebrations. The old town of Mysore of the early 19th century comprised Old [...]
Beautification of Ankleshwar town will be done
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012The Ankleshwar municipality has decided to spend Rs 45 crore to renovate, beautify, broaden and strengthen city’s roads. The funds will be used for reconstruction of proper drainage system, cleanliness of city with dust machines, wall to wall flooring, and paver blocks on the side of main roads, proper dividers and removal of encroachments of [...]
Residents initiative to save Agara Lake, Bangalore
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012The members of Citizens’ Action Forum, HSR RWA Federation, RTI activist and several other residents forum have decided to take up the Agara lake restoration project by themselves. As recently, the High Court has cancelled the Agara Lake’s PPP contract, the residents staying around agara lake have decided to save the lake. They all agreed [...]
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