Context :
Ø Now,
BMC allows offices in residential buildings ……………………./ HT / 28 Dec 2022
Extract :
Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has issued an order
amending a provision of the Development Control Promotion Regulation (DCPR) allowing offices in residential
buildings
Speaking to HT, Vilas Nagalkar, an architect and a member
of Practising Engineers, Architects and Town Planners Association (PEATA),
said, “Apart from the ground floor of many residential buildings, shops were allowed up to
second floor as per the development control regulations DCPR2034.
However, if an office were proposed, it could not be approved due to certain conditions in the DCPR. This anomaly has been removed by the
BMC and now offices will be permitted with a separate staircase.’’
A senior officer of the development plan department of the
BMC said that many professionals like chartered
accountants, lawyers, tax
consultants and management
consultants found it difficult to operate and
they had their offices set up informally.
Many a times, they would make requests for amendments and
hence the BMC has decided to amend it under the ease of business.
MY TAKE :
Congratulations,
Shri Chahal,
For this reform which will go a long way for millions of “ Self Employed “ to “
operate
businesses “ from their homes, without breaking a law
But, for “ MILLIONS “ to become Self Employed , please remove the requirement
of a “ separate staircase “
This will defeat
the purpose of “ Ease of
Doing Business “
In fact, way back in 2016, I sent following email containing a brief ( not
comprehensive ) list of types of persons who should be encouraged to set up their
own small businesses from their homes :
Ø Rejoice , You , Self - Employed !........................ [ 15 May 2016 ]
Extract :
There is good news for the Self
Employed in Maharashtra
As per a news report appearing in Times of India ( 15 May 2016 ) , Maharashtra
Government is preparing a list of the " types " of Self Employed , who will NOT
require any kind of Registration / Permission from any government department ,
to set themselves up in a " Business "
* Consultancies ( real estate /
taxation )
Chief Secretary , Shri Swadheen Kshatriya , has invited suggestions from
public , for additional trades / professions to be included
Here are my suggestions :
Accountants
Actors
Agents
Animators
Artists
Beauticians
Bookkeepers
Brokers
Cooks
Counselors
Carpenters
Chauffeurs
Composers
Consultants
Correspondents
Dancers
Designers
Detectives
Developers (S/W)
Drivers
Dress Designers
Electricians
Engineers
Entertainers
Fabricators
Farmers
Fishermen
Florists
Goldsmiths
Hairdressers
Housemaids
Housekeepers
Income Tax Advisors
Instructors
Insurance Agents
Interior Designers
Interpreters
Jewellers
Journalists
Lobbyists
Locksmiths
Models
Magicians
Music Directors
Musicians
Management Consultants
Marketing Consultants
Marriage counselors
Mechanics
Mediators
Midwives
Nannies
Nurses
Occupational Counselors
Opticians
Painters
Paramedics
Personal Trainers
Photographers
Physiotherapists
Players (Sports)
Playwrights
Plumbers
Producers
Real Estate Agents
Recruiters
Referees
Repairers (All Types)
Reporters
Rickshaw Drivers
Sales Agent
Sculptors
Singers
Social Workers
Songwriters
Specialists (All types)
Street vendors
Travel Agents
Tutors
Typists
Tailors
Teachers
Therapists
Tour Guides
Umpires
Undertakers
Upholsterers
Vendors
Videographers
Vocational Counselors
Watch Repairers
Water-proofers
Weavers
Web Designers
Web Developers
Wedding Planners
Wholesalers
Writers
I have no doubt , very soon , this FANTASTIC INITIATIVE of Maharashtra
Government will get
copied by all other States
Message from Maharashtra is loud and
clear :
If the State cannot create millions of jobs , the least it can do is to " Get Out of
the Way " of those
wanting to be Self Employed
With Regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 30
Dec 2022
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