Madhya Pradesh Municipality (Business Licensing) Rules 2023 Postponed | 26 Apr 2023

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On 25 April 2023, Madhya Pradesh's Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh said that as per the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the implementation of the Madhya Pradesh Municipality (Business Licensing) Rules-2023 has been postponed with immediate effect.

Key Points

• It is known that on 21 April 2023, the Madhya Pradesh Municipality (Business Licensing) Rules-2023 were notified by the Urban Development and Housing Department to regulate business within the city limits of the state.
• Before coming into force of these rules, the rules by fixing the fee for issuing trade licenses for trade regulation at the body level by the urban bodies, according to the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 or the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1961 have been implemented, will continue to be applicable as before.
• It is worth mentioning that after the declaration of the new rules, attention was drawn to the discrepancies in the rules by the local public representatives of businessmen, business groups and bodies of different cities.