Inclusion of more properties under the tax net in rural areas has led to a record revenue collection over the last three years, with the tax collection more than doubling during the period.
While a total of ₹571.94 crore had been collected in 2022-2023 as property tax, it has shot up to ₹1,272.43 crores in the just ending 2024-2025 financial year. A property of tax of ₹767.87 crore had been collected during 2023-2024.
“The Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj has been driving a silent revolution in rural governance. We are strengthening panchayat economies through record -breaking revenue collection,” RDPR Minister Priyank Kharge said on social media platform ‘X’.
He said, “In the last 18 months, we have added 13,91,678 properties to the tax register, expanding the panchayat property base to 1,43,91,438 properties. And we are just getting started.” He said that with bold reforms under way in E-Swathu (rural property management platform), the department is setting the stage for even greater revenue generation, empowering panchayats to investing better infrastructure, stronger citizen services deliveries and more responsive governance at the grassroots.
Mr. Kharge said, “We are not just strengthening villages, we are also powering the engines of Karnataka’s next economic leap.”
It may be noted that the State government has taken up a one-time measure to provide e-khatas to properties in unauthorised layouts in rural areas. This is to bring these properties under property tax network so that the resources for the panchayats increase.
Published - April 06, 2025 08:05 pm IST
