Section 33 empowers the Authority to provide prescribed amenities or carry out development where the owner or occupier defaults in doing so within time, and to recover the cost from such person, including by levying a cess in certain cases. This ensures that defaults by individual plot‑holders do not undermine the overall planned development or leave gaps in critical infrastructure such as roads, drains or street lighting.[18][2][4][3]

Section 34 authorises the Authority to require a local authority to assume responsibility for maintenance of services and amenities once they have been developed to a specified standard, thereby enabling transition from project‑mode development to routine municipal administration. Sections 35 to 38 lay down the regime of betterment charges, whereby owners of land whose value has increased due to the implementation of the development plan can be made to contribute back a portion of that increase.[18][2][3]

Under these provisions, the Authority may assess betterment charge having regard to the increase in market value, issue notices, hear objections, and pass final orders which are largely immune from challenge except on limited grounds. Payment can be demanded as a lump sum or in instalments, and non‑payment attracts recovery as arrears of land revenue under Section 40, creating a robust fiscal tool to fund urban infrastructure without over‑reliance on general taxation.[2][3]

Sections 38‑A and 38‑B reflect more recent policy shifts, expressly empowering the Authority to levy land‑use conversion charges, city development/development charges and urban use charges in notified circumstances. These charges apply, for example, where agricultural land is converted to urban uses under a master or zonal plan, or where large developments require enhanced infrastructure, and they provide a direct financial linkage between the beneficiaries of development and the costs of providing urban amenities.[19][1][9]

Sections 39, 39‑A, 39‑B and 39‑C supplement this fiscal framework by enabling imposition of additional stamp duty on certain transfers of property in development areas, levy of tolls for specific amenities, licensing of private developers for assembly and development of land and levy of licence fees. Together these provisions reflect a shift towards user‑charge and beneficiary‑pay principles, as well as regulation of private real‑estate players through licensing.[9][18][2]