e-payment facility for property tax

The government will introduce e-payment facility in all panchayats for remitting property tax.

Governor P. Sathasivam, in his address to the Assembly on Thursday, said the facility had already been introduced in panchayats in Malappuram district and would be extended to all over the State.

In order to streamline and simplify the issuance of building permits, from Corporations and major towns, the government intended to use the software.

The Kozhikode Corporation had already introduced a web-based platform, `For the People,’ to combat corruption at all levels in local bodies. This would be emulated in other local bodies too. The government proposed to generate 1,000 mandays of employment under the MGNREGS. A new PPP model experimented for waste management by the Sultan Bathery municipality, if found suitable, may be extended to other local bodies.