Every monsoon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) gives permission to erect temporary sheds on buildings’ terrace. But from now on the old and even new buildings can have a permanent shed with permission from the civic body. There is a...
1. In Mumbai, BMC provisions for providing 90 liters of water per person, on the average presumption that there are minimum 4-5 persons residing in the unit. That means about 400-450 liters of water per flat. For which the BMC...
Owing to the high real estate prices in Mumbai, home owners are often forced to remodel their existing homes to create additional space, instead of buying a bigger house. Now under the government’s policy of improving ease of doing business,...
Residential properties up to 500 sq ft exempted from property tax Update on March 11, 2019: The Maharashtra cabinet, on March 8, 2019, approved a proposal to exempt residential properties up to 500 sq ft, within the Mumbai municipal area limits,...
A society’s managing committee will invite a fine of Rs 25,000 if it failed to submit audit accounts and other mandatory documents. While housing societies in Maharashtra having less than 200 members will now be able to hold their elections...
Mumbai: City-based housing societies have welcomed a Bombay high court order allowing housing societies to directly employ security staff and not through a contractor. The societies are of the view that this will result in better security. In a major relief...
The Maharashtra government published an ordinance on March 9, allowing co-operative housing societies (CHS) with less than 250 members to conduct elections on their own in their annual general meetings every five years. Earlier, the government had allowed this concession only to...
The bye-laws in Maharashtra prescribe rules for the deadline for holding AGMs, the quorum for such meetings and the business that can be transacted, as well as penalties for members who fail to attend Every housing society has to adopt...