East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Wednesday said that EDMC collected property tax of Rs 237 crore in the financial year 2017-18. The amount collected is 35 per cent more than the previous year.
EDMC Commissioner Dr Ranbir Singh said that Rs 183 crore was collected as property tax by EDMC in the financial year 2016-17. He also said that total property tax expected in the financial year 2017-18 after online and offline reconciliation is Rs 250 crore.
Singh further informed that the corporation organised approximately 175 property tax collection camps in its jurisdiction in which Rs 25 crore were collected. “With continues efforts, the civic body also collected Rs 15 crore from unauthorised colonies also,” he said. Commissioner also informed that 20,000 new property taxpayers were also added to the property tax net in this financial year.