Around 1,400 junior doctors – PG students and house surgeons – from across the state are on strike. Their demands include an increase in stipend and protection from attacks by patients’ families. 

The strike is sure to impact healthcare in government teaching hospitals, and may also affect screening of passengers at BIA. 

But the medicos appear to have chosen the wrong season to strike – there are sporadic cases of chikungunya and the high-level alert on swine flu spreading global gloom will fetch them little sympathy. 

Senior doctors are also annoyed. “Though they have announced a strike, the health commissioner has warned doctors against taking unnecessary leave and asked them to depute six junior doctors on a daily basis to BIA to screen passengers,” said Bangalore Medical College dean and director Dr G T Subash. With the election code of conduct in place, the health ministry cannot increase their stipend.

of officials and resident welfare associations held last week, the most asked questions were on apartments and parking slots. 

Here is a sample: “Only super built-up area of the apartment is mentioned in the sale deed. I have also purchased a stilt car park space. How do I calculate area of and tax for the car park?” Here goes the answer: “Normally super built-up area does not include car park area, unless specifically mentioned in the schedule to the sale deed. If it is included, you can measure the actual car park area and deduct it from the super built-up area and avail 50% of the UAV prescribed for the zone and its status (tenanted or owner-occupied).” 

If the car park area is not specifically mentioned as included in the schedule to the sale deed, you cannot deduct it from the super built-up area, but have to calculate and compute it separately in the tax at 50% of the UAV prescribed. 

How are slums taxed? 

All slums notified by the KSCB and BBMP have a lump sum tax of Rs 80 plus cess, if the built-up area does not exceed 300 sq ft. If it exceeds, zone classification applies. While majority of the slums are in F Zone, a very small percentage may have changed zone due to improvements in the area. Irrespective of shift in zones, only one shift is considered for this block period. A shift from F Zone therefore cannot go to D zone but only E zone. For houses that don’t have hakku patra, BBMP will not collect property tax, irrespective of the number of years they may have been in existence. 

SAMPLE QUERY 

Query from a senior citizen, Dinesh Gudibande: “I have a property at BTM Layout with ground floor and first floor. The ground floor has been rented out to a recognized educational institute (distance education) for the past 6 years. So far, I have not claimed any exemption in tax for educational institute, as per KMC Act Section 110 (i) (b). I would like to claim exemption for 2008-09. Kindly let me know the procedure.” 

BBMP’s deputy commissioner, taxation, U A Vasanth Rao, replies: “The benefit of exemption under Section 110 is available to such institutes/organizations owning the premises. Since in your case the premises is on rent, you are not entitled for exemption under the said section. You therefore will have to pay property tax as per your zone classification for residential use for the portion occupied by you and at non-residential rates for the portion let out.

Road are not good first of all, poor signal person will on top of his voice to control, but the mad crowd are least worried about themself or other people LIVE.

Check the road in bangalore, I swear, we should get our CM to ride on those road to get the heat.