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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Regn, stamp duty relief for Life Mission beneficiaries
T'puram: The cabinet on Thursday approved the tripartite agreement for the Wayanad Township project and appointed S Suhas as special officer for its implementation. The cabinet also decided to waive the registration and stamp duty charges for Life Mission beneficiaries acquiring land for house construction, subject to certification by the district collector or designated officer. A similar exemption was approved for nine flood-affected beneficiaries who received homes built by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation in Chittar village. It has been decided to establish a tribal taluk supply office in Attapadi, Palakkad. New posts, including taluk supply officer and rationing inspector, will be created, and staff reallocated from the civil supplies department. Financial aid totalling Rs 95,32,500 from CMDRF has been sanctioned for 473 individuals in Pathanamthitta district who lost homes partially or fully to natural calamities since Jan 2023. The cabinet also decided to implement the 2024 Telecom (Right of Way) Rules. A govt guarantee has been approved for a Rs 50cr loan that the SC/ST development corporation will raise from NSKFDC. It has also been decided to reappoint retired district judge E Baiju as the registrar of the Lok Ayukta for two years. The cabinet cleared a draft ordinance to exclude NUALS from the purview of the Kerala PSC (University Services) Act and recommended its promulgation to the governor. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Brain tumor has left my son feeling miserable; please help! Donate For Health Donate Now Undo For employees of Kerala Feeds Ltd, the pensionable age will be increased from 58 to 60 years. The rent for 40.47 acres of govt land leased to the state women's development corporation in Vazhakkala village, Ernakulam, has been revised. The land conservancy unit of the Travancore devaswom board's land protection wing has been given a one-year extension till March 2026. The govt also sanctioned Rs 2,86,293 to cover the medical expenses of late literacy activist and Padma Shri awardee K V Rabia. The amount will be handed over to her sister Arifa. The govt guarantee for Kerala social security pension Ltd has been increased from Rs 6,000cr to Rs 14,000cr. Karthika S Pillai, daughter of forest watcher N Sivarama Pillai who died in 2015, will be given a clerical job in the forest department under the compassionate appointment scheme. The cabinet also approved three tenders worth over Rs 98cr for Phase II of the Kuttanad drinking water project.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Cabinet nod for Wayanad township tripartite deal
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a tripartite agreement for implementing the Wayanad model township project to rehabilitate the survivors of the landslides last year. S. Suhas, who is the special officer for the township project, has been tasked with implementing the agreement between the district disaster management authority, contractors, and sponsors. In another decision, the Cabinet decided to allow relaxation in stamp duty and registration fee to beneficiaries under the LIFE Mission for registration of land that may have been gifted to them, purchased, or received some other way for building houses. An affidavit from the District Collector or official deputed by the Collector not below the rank of tahsildar that the person who received the land is a LIFE Mission project beneficiary and that the land is intended for constructing a house under the LIFE Mission should be produced along with registration documents. The relaxation will be in effect for two years from the date of the order. Destroyed in floods Stamp duty and registration fee will be exempted for registration of title deed for handing over houses built by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation for nine individuals in Chittar village, Pathanamthitta, after their houses were destroyed in the floods. An amount of ₹95,32,500 will be released from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund for distribution to 473 disaster-affected whose houses were destroyed or damaged in natural disasters in Pathanamthitta since 2023 January. The Cabinet decided to set up a tribal taluk supply office at Attappady in Palakkad district and create one post each of taluk supply officer, assistant taluk supply officer, and rationing inspector. Other staff will be redeployed from the Civil Supplies department. It decided to implement the Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024, in the State. The Cabinet decided to allow ₹2,86,293 spent on the treatment of literacy advocate and Padma Shri awardee K.V. Rabiya to Aarifa, one of her sisters, from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. A government guarantee of ₹50 crore for five years will be allowed to Kerala State Development Corporation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Ltd. subject to conditions for taking loan from National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation. The government guarantee for Kerala Social Security Pension Ltd. will be raised from ₹6,000 crore to ₹14,000 crore. Reappointment E. Baiju, former district judge, will be reappointed Kerala Lok Ayukta Registrar for a period of two years. He is a resident of Thirumala in Thiruvananthapuram. The retirement age of employees of Kerala Feeds Ltd. under the Animal Husbandry department who come under the EPF pension limit has been enhanced from 58 to 60 years. Karthika S. Pillai, daughter of N. Sivarama Pillai who died in 2015 while working as forest watcher under the Forest department, will be given a job as a clerk in the Forest department in Kollam under the die-in-harness scheme. The draft of the amendment ordinance to exempt National University of Advanced Legal Studies from the purview of the Kerala Public Service Commission (Additional Functions as Respects the Services under the Universities) Act has been approved. It was decided to recommend promulgation of the ordinance to the Governor. A year-long extension from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, will be given to the land conservancy unit at Travancore Devaswom Board's land conservancy wing special tahsildar office that comprises six posts.
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
IT dept to collect fees for telecom infra, ISP cables
Panaji: Govt has designated the department of information technology, electronics and communications as the nodal agency to collect from telecom operators land usage charges and application fees for govt and municipal land, including for the use of street furniture. The department will also serve as the nodal agency for all right of way permissions and no objection certificates (NOCs) related to govt land, under a centralised e-services portal. A meeting on this was held on Thursday at its office at Altinho, Panaji. Aimed at simplifying and expediting the approval process for setting up telecom infrastructure such as mobile towers, underground cables, and other digital connectivity systems, the move will allow telecom operators to accelerate the expansion of digital infrastructure in rural parts of Goa, the department said. The IT department serving as the state-designated department for implementing the Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024, is in line with the move to improve ease of doing business and enable faster, single-window clearances for the telecom sector. Govt has now directed all the other state departments to appoint nodal officers to coordinate the approvals for telecom infrastructure. Fees collected by the IT department will be transferred to the state treasury, while land use charges collected in villages and towns will be transferred to the respective bodies that own the land. 'Compensation for the use of public property for telecom infrastructure will be assessed and paid either once or annually, based on rates decided by the public authority,' the IT department said.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Reliance unit moves SC against Haryana's telecom infrastructure rules, seeks stay on RoW charges
Mukesh Ambani firm Reliance Projects and Property Management Services on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on certain provisions of the Haryana municipal and panchayati raj laws that regulate the erection and maintenance of telecommunication networks, including right of way (RoW) permissions and charges. It also wanted a stay on any actions or demands that were being raised for Row permissions charges on the grounds these being contrary to and in excess of that prescribed under the Telecommunications (Right of Way) Rules, 2024. A Bench led by Justice PS Narasimha while seeking response from the Haryana government and others on a couple of petitions filed by RPPMS and others refused to stay the Punjab and Haryana High Court's full bench's December judgment that held that the Haryana government was within its legislative competence to enact provisions for regulating the erection and maintenance of mobile communication towers , including RoW permissions and charges. According to Reliance, only Parliament is competent to enact a law for regulating all matters pertaining to erection and maintenance of telecommunication networks like mobile towers, optical fibre cables, including specifying a ceiling on charges. For this, the Parliament had enacted the requisite legislations, and the Central government has also framed rules, it told the SC. The Indian Telegraph Right of Way Rules 2016 had earlier prescribed a fee of Rs 10,000 for mobile towers and Rs 1,000 per kilometer for underground telegraph infrastructure, it said, adding that no other fees could be charged under the 2016 rules. In 2022, the 2016 rules were amended to specify the maximum charges that could be levied by an "appropriate authority" towards any fees, compensation or restoration charges. While some states amended their rules to bring them in line with the Row Rules, some states like Haryana and Punjab continued to charge exorbitant rates for Row permissions, including for the erection of telecommunication infrastructure on private property, the appeal stated. Post the coming into force of the Telecommunications Act 2023 and the Telecommunications (RoW) Rules 2024 , the Centre had issued a direction in November to all states to issue clarifications to concerned authorities and implement the 2024 Rules. Thus, the state laws and rules for regulation and maintenance of mobile communication towers, etc are no longer implementable, with the coming into force of the 2024 Rules that replaced earlier laws governing the sector, Reliance alleged. 'More than 13 states have implemented the 2024 Row Rules. However, several other states, including Punjab and Haryana continue to implement state legislations and/or Rules which independently regulate the erection and maintenance of mobile communication towers, including RoW permissions and charges,' the Ambani firm told the court
