{"id":62871,"date":"2020-03-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62871"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T05:14:45","slug":"punjab-govt-reforms-ease-doing-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-reforms-ease-doing-business.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt publicizes undertaken ease-of-doing-business reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government, through a publication-notification, has revealed its recently undertaken ease-of-doing business measures in the province. According to the announcement, these measures include reforms for property registration, construction permits, payment of taxes, and setting-up businesses and new utility connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/excise-punjab-tax-exemption-system-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Excise Punjab to move tax exemption system online (opens in a new tab)\">Excise Punjab to move tax exemption system online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following measures have been introduced for each of\nthese categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Property Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fard-e-malkiat (record of rights) can be\nobtained online<\/li><li>Transfer registry has been made available online<\/li><li>Property transfer to be completed within 8 days<\/li><li>Computerisation of all the properties, land, and\ntransfer registries<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Construction Permits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Construction permits and completion certificates can be obtained online<\/li><li>Online payment option for the construction permit and completion certificates<\/li><li>Warehouses no longer require Environment Protection Department\u2019s NOC<\/li><li>Insaf Portal (app) for LDA\u2019s e-permits<\/li><li>Reduced fees and time required for Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) connections<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-team-visits-lda-reviews-ease-doing-business-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WB team visits LDA; reviews ease-of-doing-business measures (opens in a new tab)\">WB team visits LDA; reviews ease-of-doing-business measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tax Payments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Online system for social security and pension\npayments<\/li><li>E-Punjab Mobile App for payment of 13 different\ntaxes<\/li><li>Route permit<\/li><li>Transfer fee<\/li><li>Vehicle transfer<\/li><li>Token Tax<\/li><li>Professional Tax<\/li><li>Property Tax<\/li><li>Motorvehicle registration<\/li><li>Fees for <em>fard<\/em><\/li><li>Infrastructure Development Cess<\/li><li>Sales Tax on services<\/li><li>Business Registration Fee<\/li><li>E-stamping<\/li><li>Cotton Fee<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starting a Business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Registration with all relevant departments\nthrough SECP portal<\/li><li>Online payment facility for registration of\npartner firms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electricity\nConnection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Time for application processing reduced from 73\nto 49 days<\/li><li>Online application and fees payment options<\/li><li>Roshan Pakistan (app) launched<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government, through a publication-notification, has revealed its recently undertaken ease-of-doing business measures in the province. According to the announcement, these measures include reforms for property registration, construction permits, payment of taxes, and setting-up businesses and new utility connections. Read: Excise Punjab to move tax exemption system online The following measures have been introduced for each of these categories: Property Registration Fard-e-malkiat (record of rights) can be obtained online Transfer registry has been made available online Property transfer to be completed within 8 days Computerisation of all the properties, land, and transfer registries Construction Permits Construction permits and completion certificates can be obtained online Online payment option for the construction permit and completion certificates Warehouses no longer require Environment Protection Department\u2019s NOC Insaf Portal (app) for LDA\u2019s e-permits Reduced fees and time required for Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) connections Read: WB team visits LDA; reviews ease-of-doing-business measures Tax Payments Online system for social security and pension payments E-Punjab Mobile App for payment of 13 different taxes Route permit Transfer fee Vehicle transfer Token Tax Professional Tax Property Tax Motorvehicle registration Fees for fard Infrastructure Development Cess Sales Tax on services Business Registration Fee E-stamping Cotton Fee Starting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[23384],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-punjab-govt-publicizes-undertaken-ease-of-doing-business-reforms","9":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab goovernment&#039;s reforms for ease of doing business - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government, through a publication-notification, has revealed its recently undertaken ease-of-doing business measures in the province.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-reforms-ease-doing-business.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab goovernment&#039;s reforms for ease of doing business - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Punjab government, through a publication-notification, has revealed its recently undertaken ease-of-doing business measures in the province.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-reforms-ease-doing-business.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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