Grants issued on payment of house tax
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Chandigarh- The upcoming developmental works related to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and UT department will face many problems if house tax is not paid on residential projects.Union government informed UT department about not granting any amount if there is non implementation of house tax. Knowing this Shivraj Patil, UT administrator and Punjab governor also demanded to put house tax in practice.
JNNURM provides a big amount of financial grant to the Transport department and Chandigarh housing board, (CHB). CHB receives huge grants to construct houses, particularly for constructing flats under rehabilitation schemes.
Transport department is primarily thinking to buy a project around Rs 45 crore which includes 98 buses, 49 each of AC and non-AC variants in low and semi-low floor options. Secondly it is also planning to change the existing fleet by purchasing 170 buses in the coming financial year.
A senior UT official informed about the agreement (MoU)) with Union government which tells that grants will only be issued for developmental works and projects if house tax is imposed on residential properties.
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Chandigarh, Chandigarh Housing Board, Chandigarh municipal corporation, CHB, house tax, House tax chandigarh, JNNURM, MoU, Punjab Governor, Residential property, Transport department, Union government, UT department
