Shri Jai Ram Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, launched the HP Circle Rates Mobile App during Deputy Commissioner-Superintendent of Police (DC-SP) Conference in Shimla on 17th September 2018. Shri Vineet Chawdhry, Chief Secretary, Dr. Shrikant Baldi, ACS to HCM, Smt. Manisha Nanda, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Shri S.R. Mardi, Director General of Police, Shri Deva Singh Negi, Director, Land Records and IGR, all Administrative Secretaries, HoDs, DCs and SPs were present on the occasion. In his address, the Hon’ble Chief Minister expressed hope that the Mobile App will be useful to the buyers and sellers of property in the state and help them in the estimation of stamp duty and registration fee.
The App (Android-based) is linked to the Circle Rates MIS, a web-based application using which, all district collectorates notify the circle rates of all revenue villages, based on different approved criteria at the beginning of every financial year. These rates are applicable for transactions related to sale and purchase of land in the state. The Mobile App provides rates and also includes a calculator to show the stamp duty and registration fee, based on the revenue village, land category/ subcategory and area of land. The integrated BhuNaksha and eHimBhoomi applications for five districts were also launched.
HP Circle Rates App has been developed by NIC Competency Centre for Mobile Apps, Shimla. Shri Ajay Singh Chahal, State Informatics Officer, NIC HP, Shri Lalit Kapoor, ASIO, Shri Sandeep Sood, TD & Project Head, Shri Ashish Sharma, Scientist-B, Shri Parveen Sharma, Scientist-B and Shri Prithvi Raj Negi, Scientific Officer were present on the occasion.