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The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), Bihar, has simplified the registration process for real estate projects to promote ease of doing business while retaining scrutiny of documents before granting approvals. Under the revised system, applicant promoters will be guided through each stage of filing via a new filter-based mechanism. The portal now displays a checklist of required documents at the outset and includes built-in validation checks to flag discrepancies in submissions, helping reduce errors and rejections. This shift toward a guided, checklist-driven process marks a departure from the earlier system, where promoters often had less clarity on documentation requirements before submission.
Fewer Documents Required
RERA has also streamlined documentation requirements. Promoters now need to submit only Jamabandi, current revenue receipt and non-encumbrance certificate for land-related details, while mutation documents and land possession certificates are no longer mandatory. Companies less than three years old will not be required to furnish audited financial statements. Instead, they can submit income tax returns of their directors for the preceding three financial years. This adjustment is particularly relevant for newer real estate firms, which have historically found it harder to meet documentation standards designed around more established companies.
- New system: filter-based mechanism guiding applicants through each filing stage
- Land documents required: Jamabandi, current revenue receipt, non-encumbrance certificate
- No longer mandatory: mutation documents, land possession certificates
- Companies under 3 years old: can submit directors' income tax returns instead of audited financials
- Disclosure format: single affidavit instead of multiple affidavits
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Other Compliance Changes
The authority has further eased compliance by removing the requirement to submit draft project brochures. Details of immovable properties owned by companies and their directors have been simplified, enabling applicants to make disclosures through a single affidavit instead of multiple affidavits, cutting down on the paperwork burden that previously accompanied each application.
To ensure uniformity in scrutiny, RERA has prepared a catalogue of pre-formatted queries that officials can use while examining applications. Promoters will also no longer need to provide details of cases from the previous five years, as the authority will verify such information through its digital records. This shift to digital verification reduces the reporting burden on promoters while allowing the authority to maintain oversight through its own records rather than relying solely on self-reported information.
Why the Reforms Were Introduced
RERA Bihar chairperson Vivek Kumar Singh said the authority has always been sensitive toward the all-important issue of ease of doing business, and that the new system has been developed on the basis of feedback received from stakeholders and an analysis of applications rejected due to the absence of requisite documents. That approach, building reforms directly around the reasons applications were previously rejected, suggests the changes are targeted at the specific pain points promoters have faced rather than a broader, less focused overhaul.
The reforms are aimed at making the registration process faster, more transparent and user-friendly while ensuring regulatory compliance.
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