The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) aims to collect at least Rs 150 crore through property tax which will be collected from the 11 villages merged within the PMC limits in 2017.
According to the civic officials, PMC teams visited these villages to survey commercial as well as residential properties and have added at least 1.43 lakh properties in these villages under the tax purview list.
Post the survey, the PMC sent bills to the owners of these properties and is creating awareness among the villagers to register for property tax collection.
Sunil Kamble, standing committee chairman of PMC, said, “The proposal of property tax collection from the merged villages had been pending before the standing committee for a long time, which hwas approved on Friday, March 8, 2019. The residents had refrained from paying property tax.”
“However, the civic body will ensure tax collection from these 11 villages, which will increase tax collection revenue of the PMC,” added Kamble.
Earlier, property tax collection was done on the basis of built-up area, however, now it will be done based on the carpet area of the property, which will increase the tax amount.
{{/usCountry}}Earlier, property tax collection was done on the basis of built-up area, however, now it will be done based on the carpet area of the property, which will increase the tax amount.
{{/usCountry}}“Residents should voluntarily come forward to pay taxes as the funds generated will be used for the development of these villages,” said Kamble.
“We have also given relaxation in the process of documentation for the owners of these properties. We have removed the condition of mandatory submission of sale deeds to give relief to the owners of old properties,” he added, informing that documents like electricity bills and voter identity cards can be used to register the properties instead of sale deeds.
40% of Rs 192 crore to be spent on road infra
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will use 40 per cent of the Rs 192-crore budgetary allocation, made for the 11 merged villages, for developing road infrastructure there.
Yogesh Mulik, former PMC standing committee chairman, who presented the budget, said, “We allotted Rs 192 crore for the development of the merged villages, and building a road network is our priority. Hence, we have allocated 40 per cent of the funds to build road infrastructure in the merged villages.” PMC presented a budget of Rs 6,765 crore for the financial year 2019-20 in February.
“While the priority is improving the road condition, various other works like water supply, health and sanitation, waste management among others, will be undertaken in a phase-wise manner,” he added.