The Odisha Assembly on September 4, 2021 passed the Odisha Town Planning and Improvement Trust (Amendment) Bill, 2021, by amending the Odisha Town Planning and Improvement Trust Act, 1956. It has following features:
- Common application forms to ensure uniformity
- single window disposal system
- state-of-the-art online building plan approval system across all the urban local bodies of the State
- Standardising the planning norms across the State by bringing the Odisha Town Planning and Improvement Trust Act, 1956 at par with the Odisha Development Authority Act, 1982.
- Town planning function has been delegated to all the urban local bodies in accordance with the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.
