To attract more citizens to pay their property tax early, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has offered 10% rebate in the total tax amount to those who pay the dues before June 30.
The decision to provide 10% rebate was taken at the May 31 general body meeting and those who have already paid the tax in advance (before the GB decision) will also be entitled to the benefit, said standing committee chairman Prakash Bhoyar and deputy municipal commissioner Milind Meshram on Tuesday.
Meshram said the NMC will either refund the excess money or adjust the same in the next year’s (2022-23) tax bill of property owners who have paid the tax before the GB’s decision.
Bhoyar said the NMC’s revenue from property tax collection was satisfactory in the first two months of the current financial year (2021-22).
Against Rs9.22 crore property tax revenue generated in 2020-21, the NMC has received Rs19.5 crore in April and May this year, which is almost 112% increase, said Meshram.
Around 38,000 property owners have paid property tax, which included 9,000 owners who had cleared their arrears.
NMC yet to implement standing panel’s budget
Bhoyar said municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B has not yet implemented the standing committee’s budget even after a fortnight. He was, however, quick to say that the civic chief will implement the budget within a couple of days as the delay was due to some clerical mistake.
“The ruling BJP has approached former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for getting back Rs58 crore deducted from the NMC’s GST grant of April month,” said Bhoyar.
The state government had revised the GST grant this financial year and the NMC should get Rs108 crore per month. However, in April, the NMC had received only Rs50 crore, while it had received Rs108 crore each in May and June.
