Now, get birth, death and marriage certificates in three days

Some of the services that affect your day-to-day lives will now be delivered in a time-bound manner. In a notification, the urban development department (UDD) of the state government has fixed the number of days within which services will have to be given by civic bodies to a citizen as per the Right to Services Act.

The Right to Services Act, which has been one of the flagship initiatives of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was notified by the governor in April. It will be re-introduced in the assembly in the monsoon session.

As per the notification of the UDD dated June 23, services listed will have to be implemented before July 27, which is 90 days from the date on which the governor notified the services.

The notification covers services like issuance of birth, death, marriage and income certificates. These will have to be provided in three days of application. The format of the application is mentioned in the notification and the fees will what the civic bodies have been charging as of now. Names of officers and appellate have also been provided in the notification.

Other services like caste certificate, water connection, plumbing work, constrution or repairs permission and fire departments no-obejction certificate will be given within 15-60 days. Sixty days have been fixed for permission for construction activities, which is also the maximum. Time and documents differ from corporation to corporation, which are categorised as B, C and D. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in in the A category.

"This is as per rules. This is something that all corpoations should have done on their own. The move will ensure that corporations don't get time to play mischief. It is required in villages and for all kinds of services that are yet to be notified. We should welcome the move as we otherwise do not get the opportunity to congratulate the government," said Vijay Kumbhar, an activist.