After recently giving relief to those owning houses and shops of municipality on lease or rent basis for the past 20 years by announcing ownership rights for all such owners, Haryana Government on Wednesday launched Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikay Svamita Yojana portal to invite applications from the eligible beneficiaries.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the portal. He also launched ‘Jan Sahayak-Aapka Sahayak’ a mobile platform ensuring ‘anywhere-anytime-anybody’ delivery of Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) services through one access point.
“The process of inviting applications on Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikay Svamita Yojana portal would start from July 1. Since the announcement of this scheme, data of as many as 16,000 applicants is available with the Urban Local Bodies Department till date, Khattar said while addressing a Press conference here.
The Chief Minister said as the process of inviting applications is beginning from July 1, this number is likely to increase. Hence a weekly plan for staggering the applications has also been made under which the process of accepting applications would automatically be blocked after 1,000 applications.
He informed that after taking the applications, objections would be invited within a month and once all the objections are rectified then the applicants would be called for submitting the required documents to get the scheme benefit.
Under this scheme, if someone has constructed more than the floor or area of the allotted building of the Municipality, then he will have to deposit an additional amount that is Rs 1,000 as per the additional constructed area.
If the applicant is not allottee or subletee as per rules of the Municipality but fulfils all the eligibility criteria of the policy, then they will also have to pay a lump sum regular fee of Rs 30,000 in addition to the amount and tax to be paid as mentioned in the policy.
Notably, Haryana Government has framed a policy under which the tenant will have to pay less than the present collector rate to get the ownership right.
The Chief Minister said under this policy if anyone has taken shop, house on the Municipal land either on rent, lease basis or by paying a license fee for 20 years or more then all such occupiers would be given ownership right under this policy. As per the policy, the occupier should have completed 20 years as of December 31, 2020.
A rebate of 20 per cent on the current collector rate would be given to those tenants who have been residing in the house or are running a shop for the past 20 years. Similarly, those who have an occupancy period of 50 years will get a rebate of up to 50 per cent. If an occupier has a period of more than 50 years, then in that case he will be given a maximum relaxation of 50 per cent only on the present collector rate.
Khattar further said that the State Government had issued orders for the exchange of revenue roads. Apart from these, there is a lot of land in different pieces in the municipalities which are not being used and hence there is a possibility of illegal encroachment. Therefore, it has been decided that the Municipalities would be authorized to sell such lands
This will not only end the possibility of illegal encroachment on such lands but would also play a crucial role in strengthening the financial position of the Municipalities, the Chief Minister said.
“A proper system for evaluation of these lands would be made and applications inviting the sale at the price fixed will be sought soon,” he added.
‘JAN SAHAYAK-AAPKA SAHAYAK’ LAUNCHED
Elaborating about ‘Jan Sahayak-Aapka Sahayak’ the Chief Minister said this would be a single digital platform having necessary information about various government services, emergency helpline and other information.
Through this app, any citizen can avail all the emergency services (direct dialing) including 112 emergency calls, 100 police, 108 ambulances, 101 fire, 104 health, 1091 women’s helpline, 1098 children’s helpline number, 1075 COVID-19 helpline. Besides this, other Government to Citizen Services (G2C) namely Saral Services, Department Wise Services, User Wise Services, Public Grievances and RTI have also been made available on this mobile platform, he said. The State Government is already providing more than 551 Government services and schemes of 42 departments to the people of the State through Saral portal.
“As social distancing has become a new norm, every wing of the State Government too has made it a mandate to digitally provide various citizen-centric services,” Khattar said.
He added information about other services including tenders, bill payment, travel, jobs, sports infrastructure, skill development can also be obtained easily through this new mobile application.
This mobile platform has been set up in Hindi and English for the convenience of the users. Through this, all types of Government to Citizen (G2C) services will be available on Android and Apple platforms, he informed.
After downloading this ‘Jan Sahayak-Aapka Sahayak App’ app, citizens after verifying their registered mobile numbers and Parivar Pehchan Patra Ids can register themselves on the application. Through this app the citizens will be able to receive Government notifications, he added.