Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

The Local Self-Government Department is all set to shift property tax payment in all local bodies to a fully online system. Close to 70% of urban local bodies have implemented the fully online payment system ‘Sanchaya’ for property tax payment, while the same has been implemented in all panchayats. An automatic messaging system will be […]

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Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

Kerala is investment-friendly: Pinarayi

Kerala has been pursuing a policy of ensuring more jobs in the public sector in divergence from the Union government’s policy of cutting down on recruitments in the public sector, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. He was inaugurating the Thozhil Sabha initiative on Tuesday, aimed at bringing together jobseekers, entrepreneurs, skill trainers, and job […]

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Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

Local bodies work on Sunday, over 15,000 pending files cleared

As many as 15,778 pending files were cleared across local bodies in the State, all of which functioned on Sunday as part of the State government’s intensive drive to clear pending files. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan chaired a meeting of department heads and secretaries. In a similar drive conducted on a Sunday in […]

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State issues guidelines to handle construction waste

State issues guidelines to handle construction waste

The State government has issued detailed guidelines for the handling of construction waste to prevent the dumping of these in water bodies and public places, Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan has said. Common construction waste processing units for more than one district will be implemented. Mechanisms will be evolved at the local body level […]

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Local bodies work on Sunday, clear 35,000 pending files

Local bodies work on Sunday, clear 35,000 pending files

As many as 34,995 pending files were cleared across local bodies in the State, all of which functioned on Sunday as part of the State government’s intensive drive to clear pending files. A total of 33,231 files were cleared in grama panchayats, while 1,764 files were cleared in municipalities and corporation offices. Minister for Local […]

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Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

Local bodies told to speed up telecom tower permissions

The Local Self-Government department has directed urban local bodies to cut down delays in processing applications for installing telecommunication towers and poles. The local bodies have been told that the applications have to be processed within 45 days as per the 2019 amendments to the Kerala Municipal Building Rules (KMBR). In a circular issued last […]

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Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

A rare marriage registration, after the couples’ death

A couple, who had not registered their marriage officially as it was not mandatory when they got married, have now got it officially registered 53 years after their wedding, and years after their passing away, thanks to a request to the Local Self Government department from their mentally challenged son. C. Bhaskaran Nair and T. […]

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Property tax payment in local bodies to be made fully online

Technically qualified interns to be appointed in local bodies

Technically qualified-interns are being appointed in all local bodies to coordinate ground-level activities for the Industries department’s campaign to aid the launch of one lakh Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the next one year as part of the entrepreneurship year programmes being organised by the State government. The Local Self Government department has […]

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