The Hindu 16.02.2011
Advance payment facility for property tax on the anvil
The Chennai Corporation will introduce facilities for advance payment of property tax shortly.
“Advance payment of property tax can be made up to three
years. Payment of property tax through post offices and banks will be
introduced,” Mayor M.Subramanian announced in the Corporation Council on
Tuesday.
He was speaking at the meeting in which the budget for
2011-12 was presented by Chairperson of the Chennai Corporation
Committee on Taxation and Finance Radha Sambandan.
Nine zones would have Anytime Payment Machine (ATPM) for
receiving property tax, he added. Payment of profession tax through
banks would be enabled for private establishments and departments
employing more than 100 persons. Payment of property tax through bank
automated teller machines (ATMs) would also be introduced. Grievance
redressal cells would be inaugurated in all 10 zones.
The Chennai Corporation would introduce French as an alternative first language in its schools.
The scheme would be launched in Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School, on a pilot basis.
Smart classes would be introduced in two Chennai Schools, said Mr. Subramanian.
The entire educational expenses of Chennai School
students, who join the IITs, would be borne by the Chennai Corporation,
he said.
Chennai School students, who secure centum in
mathematics, science and social science in Class X, would receive a cash
award of Rs. 25,000.
Those who secure centum in all four main subjects in Class XII would receive a cash award of Rs.50,000.
Those who secure the first three ranks at the State
level in Tamil language would be given a cash award of Rs.25,000, a
citation and a shield.
Science exhibition would be conducted in all the zones.
Four Chennai Higher Secondary Schools would get well designed athletic
tracks and courts for outdoor games.
A school atlas would be supplied free of cost to all Chennai Middle School students.
Six now courses would be introduced in community colleges of the civic body.
A total of 2,000 new lamps posts would be erected and 200 km of new cable would be laid in the city.
Two mobile high mast lights would be procured.