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5 new tax collection centres at Kanchi

Monday, 18 March 2013 07:32 administrator
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The New Indian Express                        18.03.2013

5 new tax collection centres at Kanchi

Last Updated on Monday, 18 March 2013 07:38
 

69 p.c. of city residents record biometric data

Wednesday, 13 March 2013 09:07 administrator
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The Hindu                        13.03.2013

69 p.c. of city residents record biometric data

Special Correspondent 

Biometric data of about 5.40 lakh city residents above the age of five have been recorded during the first round of special camps conducted to record the data for the issue of national identity cards under the National Population Register programme. The special camps were conducted in the city between October 15 and March 10.

Sixty-nine per cent of the people covered under the enumeration for the National Population Register conducted in 2010 were covered during the exercise, Corporation Commissioner V.P. Thandapani said after distributing certificates to 110 persons who were deployed for recording the biometric data at the camps. The recording biometric data such as fingerprints and Iris was done by a private agency with the corporation acting as a facilitator.

All those who have been covered would be issued the identity cards soon. Those who failed to attend the camps and those who were omitted during the National Population Register enumeration in 2010 would be covered under the second round in April.

 

Now, property tax reminder through ePost

Thursday, 07 March 2013 06:49 administrator
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The Hindu                              07.03.2013

Now, property tax reminder through ePost

Better service:The Coimbatore Corporation has used the ePost service to send out reminders on payment of property tax arrears.—File photo: M. Periasamy
Better service:The Coimbatore Corporation has used the ePost service to send out reminders on payment of property tax arrears.—File photo: M. Periasamy.
 
About 5,000 mails were sent by the Corporation through ePost last month.

For those who have to pay property tax arrears to the Coimbatore Corporation, the local body sent the reminder through the India Post’s ePost service this year.

About 5,000 mails were sent by the Corporation through the ePost last month. An official of the Department of Posts said that the department has tied-up with Coimbatore Corporation to send messages to the public regarding payment of water tax and property tax.

The facility was available at all its computerised post offices.

The sender would have to send a message by e-mail and this would be sent to the respective post office and hand-delivered to the recipient.

In the case of corporate companies, the service can be used to send statements, announcements, etc.

They can enrol their name as an ePost Corporate customer and use the log in identity allotted to book ePost messages from their computer.

The ePost message would be uploaded with it and would reach the respective post office within minutes.

A print out would be taken and delivered by the postman.

The customer can see the number of messages booked, messages printed, and the charges incurred from his log in account.

Though this service was being used by some customers in Coimbatore, the Corporation has used it to reach out to a large number of people.

An official of the Corporation said that the cost of sending the reminders through the ePost was lesser. The status of delivery of the ePost to the recipient is also available for the corporation, hence claims of non-receipt was not possible.

The facility was used for the first time here and only for property tax arrears and depending on the response, it would be continued.

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 March 2013 06:51
 
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