<p>The Directorate Of Municipal Administration (DMA) has taken Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to task for launching a separate software for trade licence even though the state had made Vyapar application mandatory for all urban local bodies (ULBs) in Karnataka.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Municipal Data Society (KMDS) of Directorate of Municipal Administration has issued a circular to the MCC, questioning the use of separate software. The DMA had directed the MCC to introduce Vyapar application mandatorily in a letter sent on December 30, 2020.</p>.<p>DMA Director B B Kaveri, in a letter sent to the MCC Commissioner, stated, “The government had taken initiative to digitise the issue of trade licences by introducing the Vyapar software and all the ULBs have been asked to use the application from February 2016. Accordingly, all the ULBs have initiated measures to use the software for issuing trade licence online. The Vyapar software has been developed by including the recommendations of the Department of Promotion of Industry and internal trade of Central government.</p>.<p>"The DMA was informed that the MCC was not using Vyapar application to issue trade licence and has been using its own software application to issue and renew online trade licences. It is a clear violation of the circular of the DMA issued on February 5, 2016. Measures should be initiated to issue trade licence/renew trade licence using Vyapar software mandatorily.”</p>.<p>Opposition leader in Council of the MCC Abdul Ravoof said, "The MCC has flouted the DMA direction which had asked all the ULBs to use Vyapar for issuing/renewing trade licence. The MCC should have used the application, instead of using a software developed through Keonics. It is a sheer violation of the government’s circular. Is the local body above the government?," he asked.</p>.<p>"Why the MCC is showing interest in using a software developed by Keonics and not the one developed by the government?" he asked.</p>.<p>When the issue was brought to the notice of Mayor Diwakar, he said, "Vyapar has technical issues and many ULBs are using their own software."</p>.<p>"The technical glitches will be known only after implementing it. Without implementation, how can they speak on glitches?" Ravoof asked.</p>
<p>The Directorate Of Municipal Administration (DMA) has taken Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to task for launching a separate software for trade licence even though the state had made Vyapar application mandatory for all urban local bodies (ULBs) in Karnataka.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Municipal Data Society (KMDS) of Directorate of Municipal Administration has issued a circular to the MCC, questioning the use of separate software. The DMA had directed the MCC to introduce Vyapar application mandatorily in a letter sent on December 30, 2020.</p>.<p>DMA Director B B Kaveri, in a letter sent to the MCC Commissioner, stated, “The government had taken initiative to digitise the issue of trade licences by introducing the Vyapar software and all the ULBs have been asked to use the application from February 2016. Accordingly, all the ULBs have initiated measures to use the software for issuing trade licence online. The Vyapar software has been developed by including the recommendations of the Department of Promotion of Industry and internal trade of Central government.</p>.<p>"The DMA was informed that the MCC was not using Vyapar application to issue trade licence and has been using its own software application to issue and renew online trade licences. It is a clear violation of the circular of the DMA issued on February 5, 2016. Measures should be initiated to issue trade licence/renew trade licence using Vyapar software mandatorily.”</p>.<p>Opposition leader in Council of the MCC Abdul Ravoof said, "The MCC has flouted the DMA direction which had asked all the ULBs to use Vyapar for issuing/renewing trade licence. The MCC should have used the application, instead of using a software developed through Keonics. It is a sheer violation of the government’s circular. Is the local body above the government?," he asked.</p>.<p>"Why the MCC is showing interest in using a software developed by Keonics and not the one developed by the government?" he asked.</p>.<p>When the issue was brought to the notice of Mayor Diwakar, he said, "Vyapar has technical issues and many ULBs are using their own software."</p>.<p>"The technical glitches will be known only after implementing it. Without implementation, how can they speak on glitches?" Ravoof asked.</p>