Dealing with Construction Permits

Municipal Corporations of Delhi

29th July, 2017

 Parameter wise Reforms

Quality of
Time Regulation Cost
Procedures enhanced:
- Latent defect liability Cost associated
and decennial defect with
Total time of all liability insurance
included. Construction
approvals during - Professionals Permit reduced
construction qualifications defined .
- Risk based from 13.6 lacs to
cycle reduced
from 213 days to
classification of all INR 1.91 lacs
Reduced: buildings enabling fast
From 29 to 8 less than 60 pacing in plinth level
days. inspection and OCC
incorporated.

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 Online - Common Application Form

 Online Common Application Form (CAF) for Building permit, includes

the information required by external NOC agencies
 Online checklist available in the Public Domain for user to validate on
requirement of applicable NOCs through GSDL superimposed CCZM
 Single Interface for Applicants for Construction Permit under SWCS
 Online registration of Architects/ Structural Engineers
 No physical Interface of the applicant with external NOC agencies
 Online provision to track Application Status.
 Online Issuance of digitally signed sanction letter and approved plan /
Plinth Level Certificate / Occupancy –cum- Completion certificate
 SMS/ mail to the applicant / architect at all stages of application

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 Integration of Departments
Departments integrated Departments integrated Departments NOC
Last Year This Year Dispensed with

DFS Forest DISCOMS(3)

DUAC DPCC DJB**
DMRC DJB*
AAI
HCC
NMA * Integrated for OCC
** NOC dispensed with from sanction plan
CIF
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 Process Simplification

 The Digital Signatures have been incorporated so there is no interaction between the
applicant and the department
 All the requisite information regarding Building Bye-Laws, Master Plan of Delhi, Office
Orders, Circulars, List of Building Plans, DMC Act etc. are available on the MCD
website
 Check List : The ‘Check List’ and FAQ are available in public domain
 The affidavits (16 Nos) have been converted into e-undertaking from architect and an
undertaking from applicant
 Online Single payment option is available through Net banking / RTGS / NEFT/ Debit-
Credit Card.
 Online Calculator to determine the Building Plan fee is available on the website.
 For awareness of General Public, Facebook page (MCD Ease of Doing Business) has
been launched on which all circulars / office order / information are shared regularly.
 For day to day grievances / technical issues WhatsApp group is functional on which the
replies are given on daily basis.
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 HCC NMA
AAI CIF
DMRC Forest
DUAC
DFS DPCC

Case
scrutinized by
the AE(B)and
processed
Single
After receiving the
requisite NOCs After approval of
Window (Deemed NOC on EE(B) / SE(B) and
16th Day), payment of requisite
fee , construction
cases are permits released
System Processed for online
approval

Corporation Office
In case of no response
from Deptt., Deemed
sanction on 31st Day

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 Process Flow for Issue of Construction Permit

Fill Common
Check Guidelines
for NOC Application
Upload the
Requirement Form Drawing

Submit the 0.5 Day Filling of

Request NOC forms

NOC request is
Pay Processing AE to Validate automatically
Fee Forward to respective
the Request external Agencies
28 Days

External
Return Status
Agencies to
to MCD Approve/Reject

0.5 day
Plan Sanction / Pay Sanction
Plan Released with
Charges & External 7
Rejected by Agencies Charges
Digitally signed
sanction letter
 Process Flow for Plinth Inspection Certificate

Fill Requisite Upload the Drawing

and Documents
details in CAF along with online fee
(Plinth Inspection) of INR 500/-

In case of Low and

very low risk, C-2 is
issued by Architect /
Engineer

7 Days
In case of Moderate Inspection by
& High Risk, C-2
application reaches Department 8
 Process Flow for Completion Certificate

Fill Requisite details

Upload the Drawing
in Common
and Documents
Completion Request
along with online fee
Form

15 Day
Forward to applicable
NOC Department
automatically (to be
returned within 15 days
else deemed)

0.5 Day 7 Days

In case of Low and In case of Moderate

very low risk, & High Inspection by
Inspection by Department within 7
Architect / Engineer days 9
 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between
DBR- 2017 and Current scenario (1/5)
S. No Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017 Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform Implementation

1 Obtain a certified copy of the Not required now

17 days INR 2,000
property record goo.gl/z6lQ5e
Request and obtain consent to
2 Not required now
establish from Delhi Pollution 30 days INR 1,000
goo.gl/YX0Wen
Control Committee
Obtain no objection certificate
3 Not required now
regarding land use per the zoning 30 days INR 25,000
Procedures goo.gl/z6lQ5e
plan
Eliminated
4 Request and obtain approval of the 7 days - (Time : 0, Cost : 0) Not required now
water and sewer connection plans goo.gl/2fPkhU
5 Not required now
Obtain certificate of no tax due 2 days -
goo.gl/z6lQ5e
Replaced by e-undertakings
6 and no requirement of
Notarize the affidavit/undertaking 1 day INR 100
attestation
goo.gl/Y7Ar16
Procedure 1: Submit online CAF
along with requisite building
7 Request building permit 60 days INR 64,151 permit fees, drawings and goo.gl/P6NpfY
documents
(Time: 0.5 days, Cost: 13006/- INR)
 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between
DBR- 2017 and Current scenario (2/6)
S. No Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017 Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform
Implementation

8 Request no objection certificate Not required now

1 day -
from Electricity Department goo.gl/2fPkhU

Obtain no objection certificate Not required now

9 from Planning Department within 14 days -
goo.gl/z6lQ5e
the MCD

10 Receive inspection from the Not applicable since

Electricity Department
Request and obtain building
11 plans approval from the Director
of Factories of Labor Department
1 day - Procedures
Procedure 8 is eliminated
Eliminated
(Time : 0, Cost : 0) Integrated with CAF,
14 days - completely online
goo.gl/FxL8Ka

12 Obtain no objection certificate Not applicable since

7 days -
from Electricity Department Procedure 8 is eliminated

13 Request and obtain no objection 14 days - Integrated with CAF,

certificate from Fire Department
14 Receive inspection by building
section
completely online
Procedure 2: Grant of online
1 day - sanction within stipulated period goo.gl/P6NpfY
(Time: 28 days, Cost: 0)
 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between DBR-
2017 and Current scenario (3/6)
S.
Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017 Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform Implementation
No

Procedure 3: Payment of requisite fees and System is completely online

charges, as applicable, and release of goo.gl/P6NpfY
Obtain sanctioned sanctioned building plans On payment of requisite fee, building
15 1 day - plan is released through digitally
plans (Time:1 day, to be considered as 0.5 days as signed sanction letter which is
per WB methodology available for download having
Cost: INR 65,000/-) integration with SMS & e-mail

Submit
16 commencement 1 day -
notice to the MCD The requirement was present in
Procedures Building Bye Laws 1983 but same
Submit Notice of Eliminated
was removed in UBBL 2016
commencement and (Time : 0, Cost : 0)
17 1 day - goo.gl/oZOttn
completion to Labour
Inspector
Submit notice of Procedure 4: Intimation of completion of
18 Through online system at
completion up to the 1 day - work up to plinth level goo.gl/ONmhq7
plinth level (Time: 0.5 day, Cost : INR 500/-)
Procedure 5: Plinth level inspection followed Plinth level inspection is not
Request and receive by issue of plinth level inspection certificate carried out by agency as per
19 inspection at the 1 day INR 15 (Time: 7 days, to be considered as 0 days as UBBL 2016, inspection report is
plinth level
per case study, Cost: 0) submitted by architect online
 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between
DBR- 2017 and Current scenario (4/6)
S. No Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017 Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform
Implementation

20 Obtain C-form approval of the Subsumed in Procedure 19

22 days -
plinth completion (New procedure 5)
Integrated with CAF at
Request water and sewer INR Procedure 27 which is now
21 1 day Procedure 6
connection approval 12,20,680
Cost reduced from 12.2 lacs to
1 lac
Receive on-site inspection for Integrated with CAF at
22 water and sewer connection and 34 days - Procedure 28 which is now
receive approval Procedure 7
(Time : 0, Cost : 0)
Request final no objection Integrated with CAF at
23 certificate from the Fire 1 day - Procedure 27 which is now
Department Procedure 6
Integrated with CAF at
24 Receive site inspection from the
Fire Department 1 day - Procedure 28 which is now
Procedure 7
Receive final no objection Integrated with CAF at
25 certificate from the Fire 10 days - Procedure 29 which is now
Department Procedure 8
 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between
DBR- 2017 and Current scenario (5/6)
Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform
S. No Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017
Implementation

Replaced by e-
Notarize the
Procedures undertakings and
affidavit/undertaking to
26 1 day INR 100/- Eliminated no requirement of
request the occupancy
(Time : 0, Cost : 0) attestation
permit
goo.gl/Y7Ar16

Procedure 6: Submission of application for

issue of Occupancy-cum-Completion
Certificate (OCC) in Common Occupancy-
Submit notice of
27 1 day INR 1,301/- cum-Completion Certificate Request Form
completion
(COCCRF) along with requisite fees,
drawings and documents goo.gl/P6NpfY
(Time: 15 days, Cost: 13,006/- INR)

Procedure 7: Inspection by Municipal

Receive final inspection of
28 1 day - Corporation of Delhi
the construction
(Time: 7 days, Cost : 0)
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 Procedures, Time and Cost comparison between
DBR- 2017 and Current scenario (5/6)

Process, Time, Cost & Legal Basis After Reform

S. No Process, Time & Cost As Per DBR- 2017
Implementation

Procedure 8: Intimation of
Obtain compounding fee and charges, if
29 completion/occupancy 30 days INR 51,145 applicable, and release of OCC and goo.gl/P6NpfY
permit completion plan
(Time: 0.5 days, Cost:1,00,000/- INR)

TOTAL INR 60 days

29 Procedures 213 days 8 Procedures
13,65,492 INR 1,91,512

% of Warehouse value (INR

5,114,479) 26.7% 3.74%

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 Reforms undertaken to improve building quality
control index
S. No Reform Impact Legal Basis
Now UBBL-2016 mandates Risk based inspections are A score of 2 should be assigned for “What
1 carried out during construction based on the risk types of inspections (if any) are required by Clause 2.5
category of the building law to be carried out during construction? ”

Now UBBL-2016 provides professional indemnity

A score of 1 should be assigned for “Which
insurance to cover latent defect liability for structural parties (if any) are held liable by law for
defects for 10 years Liability for structural flaws after
2 structural flaws or problems in the building Clause 2.10
the building is put to use lies with professionals such
as architects, structural engineers, site engineers and once it is in use (Latent Defect Liability or
Decennial Liability)?”
construction company

A score of 1 should be assigned for “Which

Now UBBL-2016 provides that Professional are parties (if any) are required by law to obtain
required to obtain decennial professional liability an insurance policy to cover possible
3 Clause 2.10
insurance to cover liabilities arising out of structural structural flaws or problems in the building
defects for 10 years once it is in use (Latent Defect Liability
Insurance or Decennial Insurance)?”

Now UBBL-2016 provides that Professionals with A score of 1 should be assigned for “What
defined number of years of experience, university are the qualification requirements for the
4 degree and being a registered architect or engineer professional who supervises the Annexure 1
can supervise the construction on ground construction on the ground?”
Statistics of Building Plans Sanctioned by the Corporations (From 08/04/2016 to
25/07/2017)
S. No. REFORMS

1 Plans received - 3731 Nos.

Plans Sanctioned - 3163 Nos.
Plans under process - 143 Nos.
Plans rejected - 425 Nos.
2 Average time of sanction is approx. 10.97 days Case_list_8_14_da
ys_Sanctioned.xlsx

3 730 building plans sanctioned within 1 day of submission

4 2086 Nos. (65%) building plans were approved within 7 days Case_list_0_7_days
_Sanctioned.xlsx

5 Deemed construction permits were granted in 74 cases

6 Now real-time Statistics on approved and rejected cases is available
on department’s website at goo.gl/6WHLr8
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Quarter wise average time of grant of Construction
Permits

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Cases of fastest building plan approvals granted

S. No. Plan ID Applicants Name Architects Name Corporatio Time Taken

n

1 10039091 Smt. Vibha Jain Sh. Sridhar K EDMC 09 Min. 56

sec.

2 10037912 Smt. Veena Anand Sh. Om Parkash NDMC ½ Hr. 5 min.

3 10036470 Smt. Kanta Aggarwal Ms. Shweta EDMC ¼ Hr 3 min.

Agarwal

4 10037546 Sh. Gopal Krishan Sh. MD Budhiraja SDMC ¾ Hr. 3 min.

Khera

5 10037196 Smt. Bhagwati Devi Sh. Pradeep NDMC ¾ Hr. 5 Min.

Aggarwal Sharma

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 Comparison with leading economies
Dealing with Construction Permits
New Zealand Australia Taiwan, China
Indicator India*
(CP Rank:1) (CP Rank:2) (CP Rank:3)
Procedures
10 10 10 8
(number)

Time (days) 93 112 93 60

Cost (% of
2.2 0.5 0.4 3.74
warehouse value)
Building quality
15 14 13 15
control index (0-15)

* Claim for DBR 2018

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Good practices adopted in India
• Single window clearance system has been implemented covering entire construction life cycle from
building plan approval till issuance of occupancy certificate

• All internal and external agencies are integrated into the single window with no interaction required
with separate agencies, however in New Zealand applicant needs to interact with multiple
departments

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Facebook Page to provide information pertaining to various Initiatives

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Handling Day to Day Issues/communication through WhatsApp Group

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Handling Day to Day Issues/communication through WhatsApp Group

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Advertisement in Times of India on 06th March, 2017

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Advertisement in Times of India on 11th March, 2017

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Walkthrough on Building Plan approval till issuance of
Occupancy cum Completion Certificate

http://mcdonline.gov.in/tri/sdmc_mcdportal/onlineserv/building-plan-sanction.html

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Twitter Poll Feedback

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Twitter Poll Feedback

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Twitter Poll Feedback

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Risk based inspections

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Latent Defect Liability

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Qualification requirements for professionals

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