Surat: Only 16 percent files of applications under the Impact fee law are approved in Surat due to some of provisions under the law. One of key requirement mandated is abuot provision of parking. The other issue is lesser FSI. One reason behind lower ratio of approval is that, the SMC officials check all doccuments carefully in the light of the recent Rajkot TRP game zone tragedy, in which the public servants also had to go to jail and face actions. As per a report SMC received 29,000 file...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today made some announcements regarding the impact fee to encourage a response to the Gujarat Regularization of Unauthorized Development Act (GRUDA) 2022. CM Patel in a tweet announced, "Unauthorized constructions in non-residential areas within rural areas using up to 4.5 FSI can now be regularized. Provisions have been made to regularize unauthorized constructions by charging a fee for parking shortfalls up to 2000 sq. meters for unauthori...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has extended the time period for making applications under the Impact Fee law by six months from 17th June. The Urban Development and Urban Housing Department of the Gujarat Government, in a notification dated 15th June 2024, stated that exercising powers conferred by sub-section (2A) of section 5 of the Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act, 2022 (Guj. 1 of 2023), the Government of Gujarat hereby extends the application deadline by six months...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has extended the application deadline for the Impact fee by six months, marking the third extension. The Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act, 2022 (GRUDA), allows developers and owners of unauthorized structures to apply for regularization by paying an impact fee, which will be utilized for improving local infrastructure. The initial deadline of February 16 was extended to June 17 due to a lacklustre response. As of June 1, the Ahmedab...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Assembly today passed The Gujarat Regularization of Unauthorized Development (Amendment) Bill. The bill was passed through a majority as opposition MLAs disagreed with the provisions made in the bill. With the passing of this bill, the deadline for payment of the impact fee has been extended. Minister Rushikesh Patel while speaking on this bill said - the deadline for the impact fee has been extended on demand of the people. The original bill had a clause 5(2) provisioni...Read More