Haryana govt approves policy for setting up nursing homes in licensed residential plots

    Chandigarh, Feb 2 (PTI) The Haryana government on Monday approved a comprehensive policy for setting up nursing homes in licensed residential plotted colonies across the state.
    The policy seeks to bridge existing healthcare gaps in emerging residential areas and ensure that residents have access to essential medical services within their vicinity.
    According to an official statement, it is a significant step aimed at strengthening neighbourhood-level healthcare infrastructure. A decision to this effect was taken by the state cabinet, which met here on Monday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
    The cabinet also approved the commencement of the budget session of the state Assembly here from February 20.
    Under the approved policy, the permission for establishing nursing homes shall be granted on residential plots of licensed colonies throughout the state, subject to payment of the requisite conversion charges.
    Such permission will be allowed only on residential plots owned by qualified allopathic and AYUSH doctors who possess a valid registration number with the Medical Council or AYUSH Council and are presently practising.     They would also need to be registered with the local branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
    An affidavit to this effect will be mandatory along with the application, the official statement said.
    A maximum of four nursing homes shall be allowed in a sector, with the minimum plot size for hyper and high potential zones fixed at 350 square yards. For medium and low potential zones, it shall be 250 square yards.
    The statement said that such sites shall be permitted only on service roads along sector or master roads.     Permission will be granted exclusively on residential plots of licensed plotted colonies where all internal services have been laid, and completion or part-completion certificates have been issued.
    Only one site shall be allowed on service roads abutting or along sector-dividing roads, with a maximum of four such sites permitted in a sector.
    The prescribed fees for owners of residential plots based on the potential zone of the property include, for Hyper Zone Rs 10,000 per square yard, High Zone Rs 8,000 per sq yard, Medium Zone Rs 6,000 per sq yard and Low Zone Rs 4,000 per sq yard.
    No other fees, including External Development Charges (EDC), will be applicable, the statement said.
    The cabinet also approved a proposal of the Town and Country Planning Department for revision of various statutory 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 Acts/Rules to rationalise and update the existing fee structure in line with present-day economic and urban development requirements," the statement added.
    The approved proposal covers revision of scrutiny fees, conversion license fees, State Infrastructure Development Charges (SIDC), Infrastructure Augmentation Charges (IAC) under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Rules, 1976, the Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Rules, 1965.
    Most of these 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 development costs, it said.
    "The revised rates have been proposed on a rational basis, which will increase the revenue receipts of the state exchequer by 22-25 per cent on account of revised fees and charges to grant licenses," it added.

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