bhopal property rates in madhya pradesh would go up if the government issues new guidelines after june 30 claim our sources every year new guidelines are issued for the purchase and sale of property in the state from april 1 but due to coronavirus pandemic chief minister shivraj singh chouhan decided to keep them unchanged till june 30 to ease the woes of property buyerswith just a week left for june to end if the guideline rates are revised the cost of real estate would further go up in the state the builders association has however demanded to keep the rates unchanged for the entire yearbuilders point out that due to pandemic the real estate sector has suffered a major jolt possibly second biggest after the demonetisation in 2016 the sector perked up a bit in the period between diwali and january last year but the second wave of covid and ensuing restrictions again hit the sector hardspokesman of madhya pradesh real estate developers associations of india manoj singh meek said the association is demanding to keep the guideline rates unrevised for the whole year a majority of states in the country have done the same considering the situation due to the pandemic he saidthe rate of registration of properties in mp is highest in the country the guideline rates are also increased every year irrationally with the sole objective to meet the yearly revenue collection target meek added in mp the registry charges are 1250 per cent in urban areas while in rural mp the registration charges are 1050 per centin the first week of april cm announced to reduce the registry rate by two percent on property purchased in the name of women government on tuesday also announced not to charge registration fee from women contractors these were issued by the public works department