PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has collected around Rs 216 crore in the first month of new financial year as property tax. The PMC officials said that collection from the property owners is better this year, compared to the corresponding period of the last financial year.“Many people want to get the benefit of the discount that PMC offers for those property owners, who pay the tax before May 31. The awareness about this discount is increasing every year, which is helping in boosting the tax collection for us,” said a senior official of property tax department.
He added, “The online transactions and use of new age technology has made payment easier for the citizens. More and more people are making use of it. Introduction of mobile based payment system is also getting good response from citizens.”
As per the PMC officials, the civic administration hopes to get more revenue from the tax in current fiscal i.e. 2019-20. Nearly 1.67 lakh more properties have been added in the PMC limits. The merger of 11 villages has led to the increase. As a result the properties in PMC’s tax ambit have crossed the mark 10 lakh.
The revenue will go up by around Rs 64 crore due to added properties. A target of collecting Rs 1600 from property tax has been kept for the ongoing fiscal.