03 August,2017 10:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar
At a time when the state government is looking at various sources to raise revenue, its newest entity the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) is doing just this
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At a time when the state government is looking at various sources to raise revenue, its newest entity is doing just this. The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has earned around Rs 90-crore through registrations in the past three months. And now, the defaulters who came forward to register with RERA in the past two days (August 1 and 2), soon after the deadline ended, will have to dish out a penalty of Rs 50,000, apart from regular registration fees.
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There are around 500-odd projects that builders have come forward to register after the deadline, said RERA officials.
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mid-day had reported on Wednesday how developers demanded leniency regarding the penalty, and that total number of projects registered with RERA till July 31 was 11,120.
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Vasant Prabhu, Secretary of RERA, said, "R50,000 penalty is only for the registration requests that have come from August 1 to August 2. If someone comes in from today, then we will decide the penalty after another review meeting."
