Building permits to be issued within 60 days in India
16-Feb-2017 :
Government seeks to replicate Hong Kong’s model of issuing each construction permit within 60 days. Environment ministry is reducing the number of conditions that developers have to meet to about 8. These relate to green cover, natural drainage, solid-waste management, energy, air quality, noise and water conservation.
The civil aviation ministry has come up with color-coded zoning maps for main airports across India, which would inform areas where construction projects would have to adhere to height restriction.
These maps would be available on websites enabling municipalities to give approvals without asking the ministry.
The culture ministry has launched a cellphone app that would enable online approval for constructions near monuments within 72 hours.