The Hindu 07.03.2013
New reward scheme for civic body staff
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has approved a scheme that links revenue collection with financial reward to encourage the employees of its property tax department. According to civic body officials, the objective of the scheme is to not only increase motivational levels among the employees by establishing a clear link between pay and performance but to allow them to share the success of the civic body’s revenue growth.
“The reward scheme will be on team basis and each zone and headquarter will be considered one single unit for the purpose of this scheme. Thus if the zone and HQ achieve the target fixed for the year 2012-13, then all the employees of the property tax department of various categories at the zones and headquarters will be eligible under this scheme,” states a letter issued by the SDMC Office of the Assessor and Collector.
The financial reward is equivalent to one month’s salary of the employee concerned.
Yet the reward will be granted only after the property tax has been credited to the civic body’s property tax account, said the letter. Employees with whose efforts the collection of revenue increases by Rs.50 lakh in a year will also be entitled to a merit certificate in addition to the reward.
