Glossary

Category: environmental, and reserved

Authorities publish a "category" against a plot and mean two unrelated things by it.

RIICO's is environmental - Category A, Category B, White Category, from the pollution and EIA classifications - and it limits which industries may be allotted that plot, so a plot can be affordable, well located and still useless for a particular business. MVDA's is a reservation - SC, OBC, Senior Citizen, Unreserved - and it limits who may bid at all. SarkariProperty names each scheme's category for what its own values are, and marks a reserved plot on the row rather than only in the filter.

Worth knowing

A reserved plot rejects a bid from outside its category whatever it offers.

Check the environmental category before bidding, not after - it cannot be changed by the allottee.

A plot marked 'All Category' carries no such restriction.

Questions people ask about Category: environmental, and reserved

What is Category: environmental, and reserved in a government plot auction?

Authorities publish a "category" against a plot and mean two unrelated things by it. RIICO's is environmental - Category A, Category B, White Category, from the pollution and EIA classifications - and it limits which industries may be allotted that plot, so a plot can be affordable, well located and still useless for a particular business. MVDA's is a reservation - SC, OBC, Senior Citizen, Unreserved - and it limits who may bid at all. SarkariProperty names each scheme's category for what its own values are, and marks a reserved plot on the row rather than only in the filter.

The other words a notice uses

EMD (Earnest Money Deposit)An EMD is a refundable deposit a bidder pays before an auction opens, proving they intend to bid.Reserve priceA reserve price is the floor an authority sets for a plot - the lowest bid it will accept.Freehold and leaseholdA freehold plot is owned outright.Location premium (PLC)A location premium, or preferential location charge, is an extra percentage an authority adds for a plot with a better position - a corner, a park frontage, or a wide road.Lucky drawA lucky draw allots flats or plots by lot among everyone who applied and paid the registration amount, rather than to the highest bidder.e-AuctionAn e-auction is an online ascending-bid sale run on the authority's own portal.Allotment letterThe authority's letter confirming the flat or plot is yours, with the payment schedule.Category: environmental, and reservedAuthorities publish a "category" against a plot and mean two unrelated things by it.TDS on property (section 194-IA)Under section 194-IA of the Income Tax Act, a buyer of immovable property valued at ₹50 lakh or more must deduct 1% TDS and deposit it with the government.GST on a plot purchaseGST treatment differs by what the land is for.Reserve price and circle rateThe circle rate is the state's minimum valuation for stamp duty; the reserve price is the authority's floor for the auction.Possession and infrastructure statusAn authority can allot a plot before the estate's roads, water and sewer are finished.CorrigendumA notice that changes a published notice: a date, a plot, a venue.Registration moneyWhat a lucky draw applicant pays to enter; refunded to the unsuccessful.InstalmentsPaying the price in parts on the authority's schedule, with interest as the brochure prints it.Income categories (EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG)Income categories the authority uses to price and reserve flats; the first two carry an income ceiling.Group housing plotA plot sold to build apartment blocks, usually by auction to a developer or society.