Mumbai: The state urban development (UD) department has waived all development charges and premiums for the Tata Memorial Hospital.
According to the notification, the state govt said while the hospital was though globally known, it didn’t have enough financial resources to pay various premiums and charges required for building development.
“The hospital will be treated at par with the state govt and exempted from paying development charges and development cess levied under the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) for all its projects across the state, including hospitals and ancillary buildings such as quarters, dharamshalas, and administrative buildings,” the notification stated.
Officials said the premium waiver will be applicable to the hospital’s expansion project in Parel, the 100-bed hospital at Tambati in Raigad district through its Integrated Ayurvedic Cancer Hospital and Research Centre and also the women and children’s wing at its Kharghar hospital.
Officials said BMC had asked for around Rs 250 crore as premiums from the hospital for expansion on the Haffkine Bio Pharma Corporation Ltd plot in Parel. The hospital will no longer have to pay this amount, officials clarified.
In 2025, the state cabinet had waived the stamp duty for the Tata Memorial Cancer Research Centre and Hospital in Raigad. Tata Memorial Centre will set up a 100-bed hospital at Tambati in Raigad district through its Integrated Ayurvedic Cancer Hospital and Research Centre. The cabinet had approved the waiver of stamp duty on the lease agreement of 10 hectares of land given for this hospital, officials said.
Officials said development charges and premiums are levied on development of any land or building in Maharashtra as per Section 124(a) of the MRTP Act, 1966. But, under Section 124(f) of the Act, properties owned by the state govt, central govt, and local authorities are exempt from paying these charges.
