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Time of India
02-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Trade bodies accuse JMC-Greater of issuing unlawful tax demands
1 2 Jaipur: Trade associations have accused Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Greater of issuing unlawful tax demands to warehouse proprietors. Members of the associations said that despite a state govt notification from Feb 2025 classifying all warehouses under the industrial category, the civic authorities continue to levy commercial tax rates on warehouse facilities. Associations highlighted that industrial property rates in Jaipur, as per district level committee guidelines, are 10-12% lower than commercial property rates. Yet, warehouse owners are being charged at higher commercial rates, contrary to the govt directive. Avishek Goyal, secretary of the Warehouse Association of Rajasthan, said that around 12-15 warehouses are located under JMC-Greater's jurisdiction. Now, these warehouses need to pay a premium as the JMC has levied taxes for this financial year under the industrial category, instead of commercial. Second, as per norms, around 500 warehouses located in the RIICO areas need not pay any taxes. But the civic body has arbitrarily charged taxes from all the warehouses under the commercial property category. "With the municipal corporation's jurisdiction getting extended before the forthcoming civic polls, more and more warehouses of Jaipur would come under its jurisdiction. We need to address this issue as soon as possible. With JMC not addressing this issue, we are planning meetings with the high officials of the finance and the local self government (LSG) departments soon," said Goyal, who is also the co-convenor of the Infra Forum of the CII. While JMC officials claimed the decision was taken on instructions from the LSG department, secretary of LSG department Rajesh Yadav was not available for comments. The state govt issued a notification on February 19, 2025, granting industry status to the logistic infrastructure, including all warehouses across the state. "We have estimated that while a small warehouse owner needs to pay at least Rs 50K under the commercial category property, major warehouse companies need to shell out around Rs 1.5 lakhs to Rs 3 lakhs," said Rishav Goyal, secretary of Warehouse and Industrial Developers Association of Rajasthan.
New Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Mysore Pak to Mysore Shri: Jaipur shops rename sweets, cite nationalism; critics call out linguistic ignorance
JAIPUR: In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, several sweet shop owners in Jaipur have begun replacing the word 'Pak' with 'Shri' while referring to traditional Indian sweets, citing nationalist sentiments and customer discomfort. Sweets such as Moti Pak, Aam Pak, Gond Pak, and the iconic Mysore Pak—long staples in Jaipur's confectioneries—are now being rebranded as Moti Shri, Aam Shri, Gond Shri, and Mysore Shri. The move, which has drawn both support and ridicule on social media, is being seen by some as a symbolic gesture of patriotism to shun any mention of Pakistan - as the use of Pak suggests the hostile neighbour in the imagination of many. According to shopkeepers, the decision was prompted by repeated customer feedback. "People didn't like hearing 'Pak' anymore. They would associate it—jokingly or seriously—with Pakistan, so we decided to change it," said one sweet shop owner from Johari Bazaar. Mohit Jain, who runs a popular sweet shop near the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, echoed the sentiment. "Every day, customers would ask us to change the name. They no longer felt comfortable hearing 'Pak'. So we brainstormed with the team and decided to give the sweets a more Indian identity," he said.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Time of India
Man found hanging in office of JMC-H, suicide note found
Jaipur: A 55-year-old man was found hanging in a meeting hall of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) Heritage headquarters Thursday afternoon, with a handwritten note alleging harassment by an executive engineer. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Police identified the deceased as Har Dayal, 50, a resident of the city who worked for a private contractor overseeing cleaning operations. Office staff alerted Manak Chowk police after spotting him inside the closed hall. "We recovered a purported suicide note in which the victim claims an XEN was troubling him for some time," said station house officer Gur Bhupendra Singh. "The note has been sealed for forensic examination, and we are recording statements of employees who were present in the building." Relatives of Har Dayal reached the police station in the evening and said they would lodge a formal complaint against the officer named in the note. Senior officials, speaking off the record, confirmed that an FIR would be registered once the family's statement is recorded. Investigators are collecting CCTV footage from the premises and have requested personnel files from the civic body to establish any prior disputes between the supervisor and the engineer. The body was sent to Sawai Man Singh Hospital for a post-mortem.
