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GHMC sop for early birds

Monday, 11 March 2013 06:04 administrator
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The Hindu                    11.03.2013

GHMC sop for early birds

Special Correspondent 

Citizens can not only look forward towards faster execution of works by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and also a five per cent rebate in property tax if paid before April-end.

The Cabinet has cleared amendments to GHMC Act including permitting intake of more than 2,600 personnel in key wings such as town planning, engineering, sanitation and others few days ago. The same is expected to put up for Assembly approval in the Budget session.

The changes as suggested by a committee led by former IAS officer B. Prasada Rao empowers the civic body to take up works of up to five crore rupees through the general body from the existing one crore rupees, standing committee to clear works of up to Rs.2 crore, up from Rs.50 lakh. GHMC Commissioner too will have the power to sanction works for up to Rs.50 lakh, up from Rs.20 lakh. Council meetings too are now to be held every three months compulsorily with minutes of the meeting to be ratified the same day.

It should expedite at least official sanctions for various civic works proposed as a government nod was a must for any work costing more than Rs.50 lakh.

“It was also taking up to eight months to get a government order issued. Then the tenders have to be called and finalised before works are grounded which means more than a year before any work is taken up,” pointed out senior officials.

The latest amendments should also prevent indefinite postponement of the general body on political grounds as it had happened recently when there was a gap of eight months. It forced municipal authorities to request the government to sanction the works pending the council approvals with several projects were piling up.

Meanwhile, those resorting to unauthorised constructions will have to brace up to pay more property tax in fact 100 per cent more from the current 25 per cent penalty. Tax will be 50 per cent more for buildings with more than 10 per cent deviation.

Five per cent rebate will be given to those who pay their property tax before April-end.

 

Civic body confiscates 68 properties of tax defaulters

Saturday, 09 March 2013 10:11 administrator
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The Times of India                     09.03.2013

Civic body confiscates 68 properties of tax defaulter

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has confiscated 68 properties in different parts of the city, in a fresh drive against property tax defaulters.

Owners of the properties have failed to pay the dues for several years despite the civic administration issuing them legal notices.

A civic official said, "The confiscated properties will be auctioned on March 18 and 20 if the owners fail to pay their arrears. The total tax due for the 68 properties is Rs17.26 lakh." He said the tax arrears range from Rs 5,000 to Rs 69,000. Most of the defaulters are on Gangapur Road.

The official said, "The action is part of our drive against those who don't pay tax regularly and have dues pending for a long duration. We plan to recover the maximum possible property tax dues before the end of the current financial year," he said.

The NMC had set a property tax recovery target of Rs 95 crore for 2012-13, but has collected only around Rs 37.7 crore.

Meanwhile, of the 230 properties confiscated earlier, 77 property owners have paid the dues.

"There has been no response yet for the auction. We will charge the remaining defaulters 24% interest per year as penalty," said Panchavati divisional officer R R Gosavi.
Last Updated on Saturday, 09 March 2013 10:13
 

New reward scheme for civic body staff

Thursday, 07 March 2013 06:57 administrator
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The Hindu                              07.03.2013

New reward scheme for civic body staff

Staff Reporter 

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.

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 March 2013 06:59
 
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