Indian Express 24.08.2009

Soon you may be able to pay house tax online

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation is planning to tie- up with a Mumbai-based financial institution, Bill Desk, for collection of house tax online.

“We have considered this organisation as it has a tie-up with around 30 leading banks, making it convenient for the users of different banks to pay their house tax through online-banking,” said AC Sinha, Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Corporation.

“We have received the approval in-principle from NIC for the same and are waiting for the formalities to be completed. A meeting will be held with the financial institution by this week,” he said.

As part of the services, a link of the institution will be provided on the site, which will connect the user to all the leading banks on their network. “We have tied up with HDFC and formalities with State Bank of India will also be completed by the end of this week,” said Sinha.

Once the user is logged in with the help of his unique ID-code, details including his outstanding amount, name, address and property details will be accessible. “The site will link all the zones and the resident of any particular zone can make the payment for house tax online,” said Sinha.