Urban Development Ministry comes up with new guidelines for ease of doing biz

New Delhi, Mar 19 (KNN) The Urban development ministry on Friday released the Model Building Bye-Laws for ease of doing business in India.

The new provisions permits for Online Building plan approval process adopting automated systems of plan scrutiny, generation of reports/approvals and integrated systems of intimation of approval, Compliance report from drawings for automatic generation of Completion certificate and integration of various clearances at Master Plan levels and introduction of Integrating “Single Window” process, Empowering Architects, Outsourcing non-discretionary verification jobs and formulation of Citizen’s Charter.

It also makes it mandatory for states to provide all building clearances within 30 days. The new law also provides an easy passage for environmental clearance to all projects upto one lakh fifty thousand square metres.

Currently there are over 35 different kinds of clearances required from various agencies before initiating any new project. Besides getting clearances from state based agencies, the investor in certain projects require clearances from central ministries including defence, civil aviation, environment and forest, culture and consumer affairs. (KNN Bureau)