The Hindu        25.03.2017  

Bill extending planning nod validity passed

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday passed a Bill in the State
Legislative Assembly to amend the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning
Act, 1971, with a view to extending the validity of planning permission
from three years to five years.

The amendment was brought in after
the government came to know that “difficulties are experienced by the
persons carrying out large-scale development activities like special
economic zones, information technology parks, malls and townships in
implementing them within the prescribed period of three years.”

Resource crunch

Non-availability of men and material, among other reasons, led to delay in the execution of projects, the government said.

“The
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has also requested to extend
the validity period of planning permission from three years to five
years,” the government said.

Hence, the government passed the
amendment to the Act, which, in 1971, fixed the validity period of
planning permission at three years.

The amendment to Section 50 comes into force immediately.

The
government also passed a Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Fiscal
Responsibility Act, 2003, to maintain “the fiscal management targets set
out by extending the time limit for fiscal deficit consequent to the
State government’s debt takeover of Tangedco under UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM
Assurance Yojana)”.