Chandigarh, Feb. 3 -- The Haryana Cabinet approved a proposal of the town and country planning for revision of various statutory fees and charges prescribed under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Rules, 1976 and the Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Rules, 1965. The Cabinet decision paves the way for amending the relevant schedules of both sets of act/rules to rationalise and update the existing fee structure in line with present-day economic and urban development requirements.

"Most of these fees and charges had not been revised for several years, making revision necessary to ensure adequate revenue generation for urban infrastructure and to keep pace with rising dev...