Mangaluru: Nearly 15,000 traders within the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) limit has been doing business without a trading license from a local urban body, the Corporator Naveen d’Souza from Congress has said.
The Mayor of Programand Shetty, however, said that the number of traders who have not obtained a license will be around 7,000.
D’Souza told Ti that even though City Corporation spent nearly 40,000 commercial doors, only around 19,000 filed a license from City Corporation in 2021-22.
“More than 20,000 traders in the city have not submitted a request for a trade license.
The majority of them are doing business without a license.
Some may not start a business or close after opening it.
However, at least 15,000 without a trade license in the city,” he said.
Mayor Shetty said: “To make a more transparent trade license approval process, the city has launched new software.
City Corporation contemplates a survey through an agent to identify all illegal traders and issue a license after collecting penalties on violators.” “To make a transparent license process, Faster and increase revenue to City Corporation, we have introduced new software.
All new and new licenses 2021-22 are processed through new software.
About 6,000-7,000 traders run business in a good city by not getting a license from PKS or not updating that already there, “Shetty added.
“A trader survey in the city will be launched to bring all businesses under Ambit Receipt.
Officials of health and multi-purpose workers (MPW) have been given the responsibility of collecting data.
We also have plans to outsource surveys to private agents.
Those who have not yet Register or update their license over the past few years must pay a penalty, “said Mayor.
City Corporation has received 18.845 applications for trade licenses in 2021-22.
In addition, 68 applications are accepted for 2022-23.
Payment of Rs 10.48 Crore was received from 15,964 applicants for 2021-22 and 2022-23, said an official.