BENGALURU: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike records say the civic body has issued 52,000 trade licences. But, the number of commercial establishments in the city paying VAT runs into lakhs. "This is a clear mismatch and shows that the civic agency does not have the right count of the number of commercial establishments in the city," said Pranav MP, a citizen activist from Malleswaram, who compiled the data. The number of commercial establishments without the necessary approval has been going up. Apart from flouting licence norms, a number of them operate from residential localities or ignore building and safety rules. The absence...
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