Patna civic body targets Rs 120 cr tax collection till March 3, Real Estate News, ET Real Estate

Patna: Patna Municipal Commissioner Animesh Kumar Parashar said as a part of the special drive launched on Wednesday for revenue generation Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), 50 different teams have been formed and they will survey each ward under PMC, take stock of different types of properties including residential, commercial and properties owned by various government sectors and motivate users do. to pay their taxes.

Under the special drive named ‘Mission 120 Crore Revenue’, the civic body aims to collect Rs 120 crore through property and service taxes by March 3.

It is also emphasizing on online payment instead of offline mode which is being used by about 90% people property tax Payer.

“A total of 450 employees have been put into teams for various tasks related to revenue generation, while 50 employees have been kept as buffer. Within a few days, training was imparted to these employees tasked with revenue generation. Will go and they will start their survey.” And collection work from next week. This special task force focused on revenue will set up camps at public places like parks where morning walkers go and then help people in paying property tax in individual wards,” Parasar said.
Parashar while talking to the media in his office said that in the last financial year he had earned Rs 98 crore and this time he has increased his target to Rs 120 crore and so far he has received Rs 73 crore.

Emphasizing on revenue, he said the PMC has collected a list of government buildings, along with bulk waste generators such as hospitals, banquet halls and schools, which have not yet paid property tax.

Parashar further said that the online payment facility available on PMC’s website has been integrated with their upcoming WhatsApp chatbot, which is scheduled to be launched next week. “Currently, 90% payment is offline, but we want to reverse it and achieve the target of 90% online payment,” said Parashar, adding that to motivate the residents, he has decided to honor the top three wards in each circle. is planned.

Till Wednesday, Ward 25 was on top with achieving 75% of the target, however, the PMC commissioner said this data would fluctuate every day.