Bbmp e aasthi

It is widely discussed about the properties across the Bangalore city with deviations, violations and irregularities of every kind, which were accorded or issued Katha Certificates by the BBMP, till date, few A Kathas and many B Kathas, are totally confused and worried about their future. • Is it possible under this E-Aasthi to legitimize or accept illegalities (deviations-violations-irregularities) and record the same in the property records? • Will it not invite judicial intervention? • B Katha (Arre Kaliya thera kya hogare) What will happen to this BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB`Katha? • The impact will be so tremendous, the genuine property owners are trigger happy and the others might find it too difficult to digest and manage. • The effects will be on the titles of the property, claimants, tenants and the actual possessors of the property. • Many tenants are not aware of the original owners of the property across the city and this issue will come up in couple of years.

In a move that aims to bring in more transparency, stamp out illegal transactions and cut out middlemen, property documents will now have a digital avatar and uploaded on DigiLocker. The khata certificate issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will have 46 kinds of information, including photo of the property, photo of the owner, property identity number (PID), apart from registration information. This will help curb menace of fake documents being created for fraudulent property transactions. After launching the new e-Aashthi portal through which the BBMP hopes to streamline property record management and establish electronic integration with registration, civic Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad told reporters here on Friday that the pilot had been implemented in three wards in Shantinagar division — Neelasandra, Shantinagar, and Shantalanagar. He said after the pilot of two weeks, glitches, if any, would be set right and the system rolled out in the remaining 97 wards in the core zones (East, West, and South) in a phased manner. “In the three wards, officials concerned have already been directed to stop issuing handwritten khata certificates,” he said, and added that property records could be created under e-Aasthi from the existing khata master database. He added that the process has been put in place to undertake updation following transactions, such as sale, inheritance, partition, gift, will, land acquisition, khata amalgamation/bifurcation. The new kh...

BENGALURU: E-Khata will soon become a reality in Bengaluru with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike planning to introduce the new software called e-Aasthi customized for BBMP by the state e-governance department and National Informatics Center which has been integrated with another application called Kaveri. The BBMP is planning to introduce it in the east zone of Bengaluru followed by west, and eventually in all core areas of the city covering about 100 wards. This significant move by the BBMP will ensure transparency in real estate transactions and prevent property frauds. “Any step in the direction of hands-free operation without human interface is a welcome move. Once a property is registered and has been verified the automated system should take care of this. Minimum human interference is the need of the hour and will enable property investors to have the comfort of one painful step being eliminated. We are looking forward to the Government taking more such proactive customer friendly steps. These steps certainly enable the suffering Real-estate to have some relief,” says Suresh Hari, Chairman, CREDAI Bengaluru. With the new software, citizens can apply for Khata at the click of a button and also do property transactions online. All they need to do is submit relevant documents along with their Aadhar number. “The digitization of the Khata process is a step in the right direction for the real estate industry. It will enhance the convenience of record keeping and accessi...

An Indira Canteen. Pic Credit: Former Mayor Goutham Kumar/Twitter Indira Canteen contractors not paid for seven months Contractors of 198 Indira Canteens, including mobile canteens, find it Udaykumar of Rewards used to operate 88 canteens, but is now managing 50, according to the new tenders which came into effect on August 1. The government subsidy (for three meals per day) was earlier Rs 37, but has been reduced to Rs 30.3 (Rs 9.8 for breakfast and Rs 10.25 each for lunch and dinner), he said. Citizens pay Rs 25 for three meals a day (Rs 5 for breakfast, and Rs 10 each for lunch and dinner). Many canteens have not been able to pay water and power bills as well. BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said the state government had not released money for maintenance of the canteens, which has affected payment to contractors. Source: The Hindu Govt mulls separate agency for solid waste management The state government Abdul Wajid (Congress), former leader of Opposition in the BBMP Council, termed it yet another instance of the state government eating into the autonomy of BBMP. Shanthala Dhamle of Aam Aadmi Party Meanwhile, eight non-profit organisations have come together to launch Source: The Hindu |Deccan Herald | The New Indian Express BBMP promises e-khata With e-Aasthi, a new Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has proposed a complete Source: Deccan Herald 20 trade unions join nationwide protest Almost 20 trade unions and organisations went on a S Varal...