Delhi Medico

Service Tax on Health Sector

2011-04-30T00:06:00.000-07:00

Dr. Narender Saini, President Delhi Medical Association said that DMA strongly oppose 5% Service Tax on health care industry as it will further increase the cost of medical treatment to a common man. At present more than 70% of health services are provided by the private sector, though the primary responsibility of providing the medical treatment is of the government. Already the services in private sector are very high because of so many taxes on this sector. Due to further increase in the form of service tax many people will not be able to afford their treatment.
Prevention is better than cure. Our finance minister in this budget has put service tax on preventive health checkup also. DMA condemn this proposal. He further added that in develop world government spend, more than 15% of GDP for health services. While in India where infectious diseases are in huge numbers our health budget is just 1% GDP. It is worthwhile to note that our GDP is much smaller as compared to USA/UK etc. In this budget, our Finance Minister has proposed a health sector outlay for 2011-12 for just Rs.26,760 crores, a raise of 20% over the previous year. But it is no increase if we take inflation into account. Medical professionals were expecting that finance minister will announce subsidies like given to IT industry, for those who want to serve in rural population. We demand tax holidays and soft loan to be given to private sector who wants to work in villages. If such kind of incentives are given to doctors, they will be willing to work in rural areas. There is no announcement of opening of more new hospitals/medical colleges.
DMA demands:
1. The introduction of 5% Service Tax of health care sector be scrapped with immediate effect.
2. Increase in the health budget as health is a wealth of nation.
3. Tax holidays and soft loan for doctors who want to serve in villages.
4. Opening of more medical colleges and hospitals in rural areas.
5. Avenues may be explored to ensure the growth of health care sector.
6. Improvement in the infrastructure for doctors serving in the public sector

'Raj'Niti has taken toll on Bihar Relief work.

2008-11-02T09:54:00.001-08:00

Doctors from various hospitals in Maharashtra have been providing relief to flood victims in Bihar. Some of them have even taken leaves when hospitals did not sent them officially. Recent agitation in Maharashtra by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena against North Indians has left many doctors fearing a possible retaliation in Bihar. At least a dozen doctors who were to leave for Bihar recently to work in flood relief camps have refused to go citing security reasons. The voluntary organization "Doctors for you" which had started with 40 doctors and was expecting three batches to replace outgoing doctors is now left with only 5 doctors. While an average Indian consider India as one, politicians like Raj Thakare try to create a rift in the society to carry forward their agenda of "Divide and Rule"

Sting operation to improve sex ratio

2008-10-15T11:48:00.001-07:00

The Uttar pradesh Government have recently conceived a novel way to crack down on sex determination centres. Ten districts with unfavorable sex ratio have been issued orders to equip themselves with necessary paraphernalia required for sting operation. These will include cameras and recorders to get evidence against errant doctors who indulge in unethical, antisocial and illegal practice of sex determination. Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar are two such districts. The health department will also train it's staff as decoy customers.

Source : http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=13_10_2008_007_004&kword=&mode=1&Archtype=

Salary of Resident doctors after 6th pay commission

2008-10-07T17:58:00.001-07:00

Ever heard of 6th pay commission recommendation actually reducing pay?
Resident doctors working in various Delhi Government hospitals are an anxious lot these days. The revised recommendation of 6th pay commission does not mention the non-practicing allowance, bringing down their pay scales. The allowance is given when doctors do not practice on their own outside duty hours. "The salary recommended in the 5th pay commission was revised in 1998 after the doctors protested, as this allowance was missing in the initial reommendation. The finance ministry has yet again missed this allowance in the revised 6th pay commission reducing our basic pay packet," said Dr Akhil Kumar, vice president, resident doctors association at Lok Nayak Hospital.
“We support the doctors. Since 1986, resident doctors have been getting salaries as per revised scales. We will write to the government over the issue,” said Dr Anil Bansal, assistant secretary, IMA. According to resident doctors, the government has created huge disparity amongst medical professionals. “Staff nurses with less than one year of experience would be drawing more salary that senior resident doctors. This is just not done,” said Dr Dhirendra Dhiraj, coordinating secretary, federation of resident doctors association (FORDA).
Resident doctors across government hospitals in the Capital went to work wearing black badges on Monday. They will go on strike if the Ministry does not look into the problem within 48 hours.

New Hope for AIDS Patients

2008-10-02T18:12:00.001-07:00

The centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to take firm action against doctors and paramedical staff,both in the government and private sectors, for refusing treatment to HIV/AIDS patients.
Apprising a bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan about its latest guidelines, issued to state governments and private hospitals, Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said: "It will be ensured there is no discrimination or stigma to PLHAs (persons living with HIV or AIDS) at health care facilities otherwise. The cases of denial of service to positive patients would be viewed seriously and action initiated in all such cases." A copy of the guidelines, incorporated in an office memorandum dated August 26, was placed before the court. This comes in the backdrop of complaints highlighting the light of patients denied treatment by private hospitals. One such patient recently moved the Supreme Court, alleging that a Mumbai hospital had declined to offer him treatment.

You can find original news at: 'Docs who turn away AIDS patients will pay: Centre'

Insensitive Govermment

2008-09-28T13:33:00.001-07:00

A senior resident doctor at King Edward Medical College (KEMC), working in inhospitable conditions had died when lightning struck on a temporary bamboo structure functioning as his clinic in a relief camp in Bihar. But Bihar Government has nothing but condolences to offer to the bereaved family of Dr. Chandrakant Patil . The Calamity relief fund (CRF)accounts for providing immediate relief to victims of Pest attack and cloud brust, not lightning. There is no provision in CRF to pay compensation according to Principal Secretary, Disaster management R K Singh.
Details of Dr Patil at: http://DelhiMedico.googlepages.com/servingthenation

Mob attacks on doctors

2008-08-22T12:50:00.001-07:00

The incidence of mob attacks are increasing day by day and the medical profession seems to be facing the burnt of it. It is the result of decreasing tolerance, increasing frustration, expectation of instant gratification, delayed and unequal justice and weakened police system, compounded by sensationalism by media, who judge and pass the verdict on the hapless victims without verifying facts, which then is copied at other places. Mobs are using brute force to get their way. A complication in a patient, or the unfortunate event of death makes the doctor a criminal and a mob collects, acting in an emotional frenzy, leaving all reason and logic behind, and cause irreparable damage to property and the doctor's and hospital's reputation with no repercussion at legal and financial level. If a patient does not want to pay the bills, the family raises a ruckus at the flimsiest excuse, get abusive and get away with it. It is high time for us to get united, strengthen and help each other in the hour of need.
DR. ATUL KUMAR GUPTA President, IMAEDB 2007-2008

Why Doctors Should have an Association?

2008-08-22T12:31:00.001-07:00

As a student aspiring to become a doctor one competes among appx. 3 lakh students for a meager 2000 seats all over India and simultaneously face the wrath of reservation and people who are ready to spend tens of lakhs of rupees for getting their non deserving wards admission to medical colleges by unjust means. Then after hard tried and hard worked admission to a medical college you prepare for another prolonged & hard battle of five years in a medical college only to become a MBBS worth a few thousand of rupees as stipend during internship, house job, PG or senior residency which is not sufficient even buy your bread & butter. An II-Tian or II-Main or a computer technologist or a person in a related field would be earning lakhs of rupees by that time or student who prefers to go for IAS or IPS or IFS or IRS would be more powerful & earn much much more then a medical graduate or postgraduate. You also have to face unjustified & unthoughtful Govt. policies even when you have doctors sitting at the helm of affairs who want to prolong agonies of a medical graduate by adding more years into his hard studies. This is not all ! When you complete your studies and then try to settle down in life at a ripe age of around 28 to 30 you face new challenges in the form of physical assaults by patients & relatives, a hell lot of regulatory acts, legal binding in the form of CPA, MTP Act, Nursing home registration act, PNDT act, commercial house taxes, electricity & water bills equating you with business community & still wanting a doctor to come in essential services to provide free services to community and still be at the mercy of others. As if that is not all, a bunch of "manipulator mind less", "corrupt", "deaf, dumb, docile & deficient" officials (i.e., MCD) come into action & tighten noose round your neck and squeeze any thing & every thing out that is left in you and make it sure that you are not able to work. "NOW WHERE TO GO ?" This is the time when your unity and association can come to your rescue.
Friends so association is a "MUST" and make duly elected office bearers of your association more powerful by joining hands with them so that united we can fight against the menace of politics, judiciary, law enforcing authorities, bureaucracy and various Govt. departments.

Dr. RAVI MALIK, President IMA East Delhi Branch 2008-2009

Andhra ordinance to make attack on doctors punishable

2008-08-22T12:01:00.001-07:00

Hyderabad, Dec 17,2007 - Bowing to the demand of striking doctors, the Andhra Pradesh government Monday decided to bring an ordinance to protect them from attacks by relatives of patients by making it a punishable offence. However, doctors are continuing with their strike for other demands.The ordinance, the first of its kind, makes attacks on doctors, nursing staff or any paramedic a cognizable and non-bailable offence and the guilty could be sentenced to three years' imprisonment.The cabinet, which met here, decided to issue the ordinance even as medical services remained affected due the continuing strike by junior doctors at all government-run hospitals across the state.Minister for Information Anam Ramnarayan Reddy told newspersons after the cabinet meeting that the ordinance would be issued shortly. 'A person found guilty of attacking a doctor or other medical staff on duty may be sentenced up to three years in jail,' he said.

(Earlier, an attack on doctors at Niloufer Children's Hospital here on Dec 2 by a Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(MIM) legislator and his supporters had sparked an indefinite strike. The 11-day strike, which allegedly resulted in the death of 40 children at the hospital due to negligence)

Andhra ordinance to make attack on doctors punishable

Ordinance to provide protection to medical professionals in Chennai too

2008-08-22T11:46:00.000-07:00

CHENNAI: Any uncalled for attack on a doctor or a medical institution in the State will henceforth attract imprisonment of three to 10 years, according to an ordinance promulgated recently.

The ordinance, providing protection to medical professionals, is on the lines of a law enacted in Andhra Pradesh. Governor Surjit Singh Barnala gave his consent on Friday, Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam said here on Sunday.

The ordinance, a long-pending demand of doctors both in the private and the public sector, provides protection to all registered doctors, nurses, students of medicine and nursing and paramedical workers.

The Chief Minister considered the request at length and, after discussion, the ordinance was drafted.

2008-05-28T04:18:00.000-07:00

Dr Rajesh Talwar, Dr Nupur Talwar and Dr Anita Durrani have been depanelled from Fortis Hospital, Noida. The move comes after the UP Police prematurily declared Dr Rajesh Talwar a murderer in Arushi murder case on circumstancial bases and did character assassination of the two lady doctors.
Delhi Medical Association, have criticised the removal of the three from the list of visiting doctors at Fortis Hospital, Noida, as a "hasty" step. "Private institutions are becoming more sensitive to their image and not the image of the doctors," Dr Sanjeev Malik, IMA president, told this newspaper. He said if the case against Dr Rajesh Talwar is proved, his medical registration will also be cancelled. "But to terminate the services of all three doctors at this stage is premature." Women doctors in particular are insistent that Dr Nupur Talwar and Dr Anita Durrani not be victimised. "Why should their character be assassinated when the police has no clear proof to establish their involvement?" asked one.
"The UP Doctors’ Association should take note ... and show solidarity with the doctors. We can only show sympathy. It is not fair to punish the wife and another lady doctor since there is no proof of their involvement," said Dr H.S. Kukreja, DMA president.

Ordinance to protect its doctors, nurses and para-medical staff - a Welcome move

2007-12-21T03:16:00.001-08:00

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet earlier this week approved an Ordinance to protect its doctors, nurses and para-medical staff not only in government but also private hospitals, making any attacks by the relatives of patients a punishable offence.

The Ordinance, the first of the kind in the country, states that attacks on doctors by any person would be considered a cognizable and non-bailable offence punishable with a three-year jail term and the offender would have to pay for property damages recoverable under the Revenue Recovery Act.
Dr Anil Bansal, former president DMA has demanded that the Andhra Pradesh Government’s initiative has shown the way to the state governments across the country the same should should be brought by Delhi Govt. too.

Resident Associations of AIIMS and MAMC have also welcomed the move

The Hindu : New Delhi News : Delhi doctors seek ordinance

technorati tags:DMA, Ordinance, Doctors

MCD stops sealing of professional establishments

2007-11-29T09:55:00.001-08:00

Tuesday, 27th November 2007. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to discontinue sealing of residential premises engaged in carrying out professional activities.

MCD Standing Committee Chairman Vijender Gupta also said:
“Residential premises where professional activities are being carried out were being sealed since there was confusion regarding provisions of the Master Plan for Delhi-2021. As per Clause 15.8 of the MPD-2021, ‘In the case of plotted development with single dwelling unit, professional activity shall be permissible on any one floor only, but restricted to less than 50 per cent of the permissible or sanctioned Floor Area Ratio whichever is less on that plot’. In case of properties with multiple ownerships, it was unclear as to what extent and which owner could avail himself of this Clause. Moreover, several professionals moved the court against depositing the parking and conversion charges and the court granted stay in this case.”
The civic body will put its stand before the court on the next date of hearing, December 11, to ensure that professionals in the Capital are allowed to carry out their activities without fear of sealing.
“The existing professional activities in basements may also be allowed to continue in plotted development. In case the use of basement for professional activities leads to exceeding the FAR on the plot, prescribed charges may have to be paid,” he concluded.

The Hindu : New Delhi News : MCD stops sealing of professional establishments

technorati tags:MCD, MPD2021, Professional Activity, Sealing, Basement, Conversion charges

MCD to conduct resurvey of areas notified for commercial use

2007-10-06T04:17:00.001-07:00

Delhi, October 03 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will carry out a second survey of the 2,183 stretches notified for commercial and mixed land use in the MPD2021 and the 355 roads declared for mixed land use subsequently.

The SC-appointed monitoring committee had informed the apex court in the last hearing that they were not happy with the way these stretches were notified and that many roads did not meet the parameters that were laid down.

As per the parameters set by the ministry, residential stretches that were commercialised beyond 70 per cent were declared commercial and those that were up to 45 per cent commercial were declared as mixed land use stretches.

Shopkeepers along these stretches have to pay conversion charges by March 2008

The final hearing on the masterplan has been fixed for November 13 and 14.

MCD for second survey of areas notified for commercial use

technorati tags:MPD2021, MCD, Convession charges

Quacks in Big hospitals too

2007-09-19T04:36:00.001-07:00

Quacks are not limited to the low paying slum areas of the town are posing as General practitioners. courtesy weak and toothless MCI and unwilling authorities you can find quacks posing as specialists in big hospitals. A recent investigation by CNN-IBN has found it through RTI route and tracked down some of the doctors. Their investigation showed involvement of police as well.

Using the Government's Right to Information tool, the team of CNN-IBN found out just how many people are currently working as doctors in many top hospitals of the country when the Medical Council of India (MCI) isn’t even recognizing their MBBS degrees.The team got a list of 53 doctors and tracked down some of them.

Here’s an excerpt from the conversation with one of them:
CNN-IBN: Good name, sir?
Doctor: O mera naam to bada kharab sa hai, yaar. (Oh, I don’t have a good name)
CNN-IBN: Shubh naam sir? (Your good name sir)
Doctor: Shubh naam nahi mera naam hi naam hai (I have a famous name.)
CNN-IBN: Kya hai sir? (What is it, sir?)Doctor: Captain Gautam.

But Captain Gautam is actually Dr Pravesh Raj. MCI records say he got a fake MD degree from the Sechenov Medical Academy, Moscow in 2000.The MCI even filed a police complaint against him in Delhi in 2004.

The SIT filed a Right To Information query with the Delhi police asking how many cases did they register based on complaints filed by the MCI. The application also sought information on if some of these fake doctors prosecuted.The Delhi police provided a list of 93 doctors with fake medical degrees, with cases registered against them.But no case was registered against Pravesh Raj, who continues to treat unsuspecting patients at the Railway Hospital in Haryana's Yamunanagar.

The team found that records of the Medical Council of India on doctors with fake degrees and the cases registered by the Delhi police just do not match.

Raj is not the only defaulter.
The team also uncovered Dr Ankur Jain a skin specialist at the Bhagwati super-speciality hospital in Delhi.
Dr Vivek Kumar is currently a Resident Medical Officer in Yashoda Hospital, one of UP's biggest multi-specialty Hospitals.
Another doctor, Dr Shiv Kumar is an employee of the Haryana government health department. He is currently attached to the Civil Hospital at Jind in Haryana.

Sickening Truth: Dr Fake playing with human lives

technorati tags:Quackery, Fake doctors, MCI

Regular Licences to traders who have deposited Conversion and Parking charges

2007-09-16T11:48:00.001-07:00

Delhi, Sep 15: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday decided to grant licences to various traders on the newly declared commercial and mixed land use roads and pedestrian streets.These will be regular licences and not ad-hoc ones, Standing Committee Chairperson Vijendra Gupta said.The licences will be issued to various trades only if they have deposited conversion charges with the MCD and will be pending court approval, he said.Apart from the above, 24 trades which have been allowed by the Supreme Court in the small shops of upto 20 sqmt at ground floor in residential areas in authorised as well as unauthorised colonies may also be granted licenses, he added.

News From Sahara Samay:: MCD to grant licences to traders

technorati tags:Conversion & Parking charges, MCD

MDP2021: The small shops

2007-08-25T04:44:00.000-07:00

15.6.3 The small shops of maximum 20 sqm. area, trading in or dealing with the following items/ activities, may be allowed on ground floor only, in residential premises, including in A and B category colonies:

i) Vegetables / fruits / flowers
ii) Bakery items / Confectionary items;
iii) Kirana / General store;
iv) Dairy product;
v) Stationery / Books / Gifts / Book binding;
vi) Photostat / Fax / STD / PCO;
vii) Cyber café / Call phone booths;
viii) LPG booking office / Showroom without LPG cylinders;
ix) Atta Chakki;
x) Meat / Poultry and Fish shop;
xi) Pan shop;
xii) Barber shop / Hair dressing saloon / Beauty parlour;
xiii) Laundry / Dry cleaning / ironing;
xiv) Sweet shop / Tea stall without sitting arrangement;
xv) Chemist shop / Clinic / Dispensary / Pathology lab;
xvi) Optical shop;
xvii) Tailoring shop;
xviii) Electrical / Electronic repair shop; and
xix) Photo studio;
xx) Cable TV / DTH Operation;
xxi) Hosiery / Readymade Garments / Cloth shop;
xxii) ATM
xxiii) Cycle Repair Shop
xxiv) Ration shop & Kerosene Shop under PDS. Any other item/ activity that may be notified by the Central Government.

MPD2021: Professional Activities

2007-08-25T04:43:00.000-07:00

15.8. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Subject to the general terms and conditions specified in para 15.4, professional activity is permissible in plotted development and group housing under the following specific conditions:

i. Professional activities shall mean those activities involving services based on professional skills namely Doctor, Lawyer, Architect, and Chartered Accountant, Company secretary, Cost and Works Accountant, Engineer, Town Planner, Media professionals and Documentary Film maker. ii. In group housing, and plotted development with multiple dwelling units, professional activity shall be permitted on any floor subject to maximum of 50% of the permissible or sanctioned FAR, whichever is less, of each dwelling unit.
iii. In the case of plotted development with single dwelling unit, professional activity shall be permissible on any one floor only, but restricted to less than 50% of the permissible or sanctioned FAR whichever is less on that plot.
iv. Existing professional activity in basements may continue in plotted development, subject to relevant provisions of Building bye laws, structural safety norms and fire safety clearance. In case the use of Basement for professional activity leads to exceeding the permissible FAR on the plot, such FAR in excess shall be used subject to payment of appropriate charges prescribed with the approval of Government.

MPD2021: General terms and conditions Governing Mixed Land use

2007-08-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

15.4 General terms and conditions governing Mixed use
In terms of the conditions prescribed for different categories of colonies, in para 15.3.2, and provided that the plot abuts a notified mixed use street (in the case of retail shops) or a road of prescribed minimum ROW (in the case of other mixed use activities), mixed use shall be permitted, subject to the following general terms and conditions:

In residential plotted development
(i) Where there is only one dwelling unit in a residential plot, only one type of mixed use (i.e. retail shop as per para 15.6 or professional activity or one of the other activities listed in para 15.7) shall be permissible in that unit.
(ii) Where there are more than one dwelling units in a residential plot, each of the dwelling units will be permitted to have only type of mixed use activity (either retail shop as per para 15.6. or professional activity or any one of the other activities listed in para 15.7).

In group housing Only professional activity and small shops in terms of para 15.6.3 shall be permissible. Retail shops specifically provided for in the lay out plan of group housing would be permissible.

Other terms and conditions
(i) No encroachment shall be permitted on the streets or public land.
(ii) Development control norms as applicable for the particular residential use will continue to be applicable, even if the plot/ dwelling unit is put to mixed use.
(iii) If the notified street is a Master Plan road, and if a service road is available or provided for by local bodies, then, the mixed use premises should be approached from such service road and not directly from the main carriageway.
(iv) In plotted development, front setback should not have boundary wall, so that it can be used for additional parking.
(v) Parking @ 2.0 ECS per 100 sqm built up area shall be provided within the premises. Where this is not available, cost of development of parking, shall be payable by the plot allottee/ owner to the local body concerned. This condition shall apply even if residential premises are used only for professional activity.
(vi) Common parking areas would be earmarked on notified mixed use streets taking into account the additional load on traffic and parking consequent upon notification of the street under Mixed Use Policy. If no parking space is available, land/ plot on the said street may be made available by Traders association, wherever possible, or acquired for construction of parking facilities, preferably, multi level parking. Development of such parking facilities shall be done by either the traders Association or by local bodies and may include public-private partnership as model for implementation.

MPD2021: Other Activity

2007-08-25T04:37:00.000-07:00

15.7 OTHER ACTIVITY

15.7.1 Subject to the general conditions given in para 15.4 and additional conditions given in para 15.7.3, the following public and semi-public activities shall also be permitted in the residential plots abutting roads of minimum ROW prescribed in 15.7.2, whether or not the road is notified as mixed use street :
(a) Pre-primary school
(b) i. Nursing home ii. Clinic, Dispensary, Pathology lab and Diagnostic center.
(c) Guest house
(e) Fitness Centre
(f) Coaching centres /tuition centres

15.7.2. The minimum ROW of a street or stretch of road on which the above-mentioned other activities are permissible is as follows:

In A & B Colonies: 18m ROW in regular plotted development;
In C & D colonies: 18 m ROW in regular residential plotted development, 13.5 m ROW in rehabilitation colonies and 9 m ROW in regularized- unauthorized colonies, resettlement colonies, Walled City, special area and urbanvillages; and in pedestrian shopping streets ( of less than 6 m ROW).
In E,F &G Colonies: 13.5 m ROW in regular plotted development, 9 m ROW in rehabilitation colonies and 6m ROW in Walled City, regularized- unauthorised colonies, resettlement colonies, Special areas, and urban villages and in pedestrian shopping streets (of less than 6m ROW).

15.7.3 The above mentioned public and semi-public activities shall be subject to the following additional conditions in addition to general conditions prescribed in preceding paras:

iii. Nursing Homes, dispensaries, clinics and pathology labs shall be permissible:
On minimum plot size of 100 sqm in regular plotted development on 13.5 m ROW in C&D colonies and 9 m ROW in E, F& G colonies.
However, the minimum plot size shall be 50 sqm for clinics, dispensaries and pathology labs
In Walled City, Walled city extension, villages and unauthorized-regularized colonies, conditions of plot size and minimum ROW shall not be applicable.
iv. Nursing Homes operating in plots abutting Master Plan roads and Zonal Plan roads shall be permissible up to 100% of built up area and the limit on the size of the plot would not apply.
viii. The above mentioned activities shall also be subject to any other specific terms and conditions, as may be prescribed in the relevant statutes/ acts applicable to them.
ix. It shall be the responsibility of the plot allottee/ owner to make arrangements for parking so that the parking does not encroach/ spill over on public land.
Note: **Variation of ± 5% in plot size may be disregarded.

MPD2021: Relevant portions For Medical Fraternity

2007-07-05T17:43:00.000-07:00

Professional activities of Doctors find mention in following sections of MPD2021

15.7 - Other activities
15.4 - General terms and conditions governing mixed use
15.8 - Professional activity
15.6.3 - Small shops of maximum 20 sqm. area

Beside this table 13.20 defines various health facilities

Taking them one by one:

Doctors are Leaders today. Traders examine legal angles of conversion charge ruling

2007-06-30T18:59:00.001-07:00

New Delhi, July 1 (PTI): Delhi traders on Friday said they would explore legal possibilities on the issue of conversion charges for regularisation of commercial properties in the wake of the High Court staying its payment by doctors and lawyers.

Source The Hindu News Update Service

HC breather for doctors

2007-06-30T04:42:00.001-07:00

June 29 2007: A day before a government notification demanding legal and medical professionals to pay up mixed land use and parking fee was to come in effect, the Delhi High Court on Friday passed an order of interim stay on the authorities’ move till July 10, the next date of hearing.

The order came on separate petitions filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association and the Delhi Medical Association challenging a set of regulations drafted by the DDA on November 20, 2006 “demanding payment of conversion charges for land use and also one-time cost for development of parking space” from professionals.

Drawing inference from the Masterplan-2021:

Counsel for the High Court body argued that the document allowed advocates to use 50 per cent of the residential premises for professional purposes.The Association counsel added that the DDA regulations of November 20 were “illegal and ultravires” and “completely inconsistent” with the Masterplan.“The Masterplan does not make any mention either of conversion charges or one-time parking fee, except in the case of appropriate charges in case of use of basement for professional activities,” the counsel submitted.

Toeing the same line, the counsel for the medical body sought the court’s intervention to restrain the civic authorities from levying such charges on activities pertaining to medical profession.

On the other hand, the counsel for MCD and DDA countered that mixed land use for professional activities can be carried out by the members of both associations only after making payment of necessary charges as per the regulations.

After hearing the arguments from both sides, a Bench led by Justice H R Malhotra wrapped up the controversy with the observation that:

The guidelines of the February 7, 2007 Masterplan would prima facie override the earlier DDA regulations of November 20.“The associations have been able to make out a prima facie case in their favour entitling them to interim injunction, especially in view of the fact that Masterplan was notified on February 7, 2007 whereas the DDA Regulations imposing the charges is of a prior date,” the Bench said.

Source: HC breather for doctors, lawyers

BJP backs stir against parking fee and conversion charges

2007-06-27T11:47:00.001-07:00

Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday declared that the party would seek closure of all health services on Wednesday in support of the doctors’ demand that the conversion fee and parking fee, being imposed on the service providers by the Union Urban Development Ministry, be waived off in the interest of health services in the city.Warning that imposition of these charges would lead to obstruction in trade and increase the cost of health care, Dr. Vardhan said there were about 1,000 nursing homes and 15,000 clinics operating in Delhi. “As much as 80 per cent of the health service in Delhi is in the private sector. The work which the Government cannot do is being undertaken by the private sector. If these services are disturbed by arbitrary taxes then the health services would be paralysed and the lives of the people would be put to danger,” he cautioned.Admitting that there is a lot of acrimony among the doctors and traders against the proposed imposition of conversion and parking fees, he announced that the party would hold a protest demonstration at Raj Ghat.Dr. Vardhan insisted that the doctors’ demand was very reasonable.

source :The Hindu : New Delhi News : BJP backs stir against parking fee

http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/27/stories/2007062756750400.htm

Mixed land use charges

2007-06-26T18:08:00.000-07:00

Following is the Rate Chart for professionals (that includes medicos)
in Rs per sq mtr of built up area:

Professional activities:
A&B Colonies 192
C&D Colonies 128
E, F & G Colonies 48

Other Activities:
A&B Colonies 383
C&D Colonies 256
E, F & G Colonies 96

(Doctors incidently can be accomodated in all 3 categories so you can choose the one that suits you rates in the last one (Retail) are high so I am not including them here)

This has to be deposited along with one time parking charges which are the same for all traders and professionals (Per sq meter of plot size)

A&B Colonies 210500
C&D Colonies 149750
E, F & G Colonies 66500
(shops of 20 sq mtr or less including clinics are exempt from paying parking charges)