Ahead of Navi Mumbai civic elections, rush to clear dues
Monday, 22 March 2010 11:21
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Indian Express 22.03.2010 Ahead of Navi Mumbai civic elections, rush to clear duesStuti Shukla Tags : corporation, property tax Posted: Monday , Mar 22, 2010 at 0113 hrs Mumbai: Candidates, including many corporators, for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls are rushing to pay their property tax arrears and other dues to the civic body to get No Objection Certificates (NOCs) mandatory for those wishing to contest the civic body polls next month. In the past 20 days, Rs 9 crores as property tax and water bills amounting to Rs 2 crores have been paid to the NMMC. The cess department has recovered another Rs 8 lakhs, sources said. This is being mostly attributed to the rush for NOCs. It is compulsory for a candidate, besides the proposer and the seconder, to obtain NOCs from the property tax, water and cess departments of NMMC to contest the elections scheduled for April 11. Around 1,200 candidates have filed their nominations for the 89 seats in the civic body. “Because of the elections, dues unpaid for long are being recovered as candidates are clearing them for NOCs...,” said Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Property Tax) Prakash Kulkarni. Tax collection has been better in general this year. Till March 20 of the last financial year, the NMMC had collected Rs 172 crores as property tax but the figure crossed Rs 200 crores on the corresponding date this fiscal, civic officials said. Elections will be held at 625 booths in 125 polling stations, mostly schools and colleges. Around 400 private teachers and 525 NMMC schoolteachers would be pressed into poll duty. Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Elections) said, “Around 6.29 lakh registered voters are expected to cast their votes.”
Last Updated on Monday, 22 March 2010 11:23
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Rs 1,019 crore in, MCD nears target
Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:46
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Indian Express 18.03.2010 Rs 1,019 crore in, MCD nears target
9.6 lakh have paid up this year express archive New Delhi: For the first time since the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) introduced the unit area method for property tax computation in 2004, the civic agency has claimed that it will be able to meet its property tax collection target. The civic body had set itself a target of collecting Rs 1,150 crore as property tax (including transfer duty) by March 31 this year. Officials claim that till now, the MCD has already received a sum of Rs 1,019 crore. The municipal body’s online property tax portal, too, seems to be a hit with citizens, for as per records, around 40 per cent of the total taxpayers paid their dues online. Around 9.6 lakh people have paid their property tax dues this time. As on March 16, the Corporation had received around Rs 412 crore as transfer duty and Rs 607 crore as property tax. In comparison, the MCD had received Rs 500 crore as property tax as on March 16 last year. The MCD officials credit the increase in tax collection to the amnesty scheme introduced this year. Under the scheme, all previous property tax defaulters could pay their dues without paying any interest or penalty. “The last time we introduced the amnesty scheme, only 75 per cent of the interest and the penalty was waived off. This time, however, no interest or penalty was charged from the defaulters,” an official said. The ongoing zonal survey by the Survey of India ¿ to identify properties in the Capital eligible to pay tax — has also helped the MCD identify more taxpayers and bring them under its tax net. * A survey of all farmhouses and properties in industrial areas to begin soon * Online property tax portal being upgraded by IT firm Tech Mahindra, as part of its e-governance project
Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 12:02
Will disconnect water supply: PCMC tells defaulters
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:46
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Indian Express 09.03.2010 Will disconnect water supply: PCMC tells defaultersExpress News Service Tags : PCMC, corporation Posted: Tuesday , Mar 09, 2010 at 0344 hrs Pune: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to act tough and disconnect water supply to those who fail to pay up. The civic body’s decision comes after hundreds of citizens have failed to pay their water tax dues despite repeated reminders. The outstanding amount has touched Rs 30 crore. The civic body officials said that all ward offices of PCMC have been directed to undertake the drive in their respective jurisdiction and recover the dues. The PCMC pumps out 32 crore litres of water from the Pavana dam every day. Of this, 9.60 crore litres is lost in leakages. When the PCMC got funds for various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the municipal corporation agreed to certain conditions, one of which was that the PCMC would recover the money spent on supplying water through water tax. So, the water supply department would become self sustained. This was followed by another decision to install water meters. PCMC has so far installed 93,000 water meters in the city at a cost of Rs 50 crore. Even after installing the meters, the municipal corporation has not been able to recover water tax levied as per the meter count. Officials attribute this failure to a communication gap between water tax department, ward officers and the consumers. The municipal corpration has spent Rs 55 crore on water supply in the financial year 2009-10. But it has been able to recover only Rs 12 crore as water tax against a set target of Rs 45 crore. Due to the huge difference in the target and the actual amount recovered, Commissioner Asheesh Sharma directed the ward officers to initiate a drive and recover water tax dues. PCMC officials said that all those who have not paid water tax on time would have to pay a fine failing which, their supply will be disconnected.
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