In the latest 2011 ranking on "Ease of dealing with Construction Permits", India comes a dismal 177 of 183 countries.
Mumbai City, the Economic Capital of India... leads the shame.
Among the top 18 cities in India, Mumbai stands at a shocking 17th position!
The huge number of permissions – 37 plus– leads to the huge scale of corruption at each step
and in turn leads to an escalation of price. One of the leading builders recently quoted that if there was no giving of “under-the table” expenses, as much as 10% of the cost of the building could have been reduced !!..
These 37 permission mentioned, does not include the purchase and registering of the land.. that’s another 5-6 steps.
Listed below are a summary of each back-breaking, emotionally draining and "yellow-faced under-the table -payments" experiences one has to go through to get permission to build a new project.
Any wonder then, that our builders clan, have no choice but to be "hardened",
and be associated next only to the thugs and thieves !!.. with an exception of few !!
Click here to see each of the permissions and steps involved...
Mumbai City, the Economic Capital of India... leads the shame.
Among the top 18 cities in India, Mumbai stands at a shocking 17th position!
The huge number of permissions – 37 plus– leads to the huge scale of corruption at each step
and in turn leads to an escalation of price. One of the leading builders recently quoted that if there was no giving of “under-the table” expenses, as much as 10% of the cost of the building could have been reduced !!..
These 37 permission mentioned, does not include the purchase and registering of the land.. that’s another 5-6 steps.
Listed below are a summary of each back-breaking, emotionally draining and "yellow-faced under-the table -payments" experiences one has to go through to get permission to build a new project.
Any wonder then, that our builders clan, have no choice but to be "hardened",
and be associated next only to the thugs and thieves !!.. with an exception of few !!
Click here to see each of the permissions and steps involved...