Telangana’s New System To Cut Building Approval Time To Minutes

Hyderabad: The government of Telangana on Tuesday launched a new unified online building and layout approval system that promises to reduce processing time from weeks to minutes.

Minister for Information Technology, Electronics, and Industry, D Sridhar Babu, launched the system ‘BuildNow’, under which the scrutiny time will come down to less than five minutes as against 2-30 days under the existing system. He told media persons that under the existing system TG bPASS, the scrutiny process can take anywhere from 2 to 30 days while under the new system this timeframe reduces to less than 5 minutes.

Even a multi-storied building with a total three towers, each with 40+ floors, will take less than two minutes.

The minister said since 60 per cent of the State’s population is living in urban areas, the government was giving priority to urban development and creating a business-friendly environment.

Terming it a revolutionary step towards modern, citizen-centric governance, he said Telangana is the first state in the country to introduce fastest drawing scrutiny system.

The new system will revolutionise approvals, reducing drawing scrutiny processing times from weeks to minutes, setting a benchmark for efficiency, he said. This advanced system, powered by the latest technologies, represents a fundamental shift in how citizens interact with building regulations and permissions, making the process faster, more reliable, and user-friendly.