KMC sets up high revenue target
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) aims to collect Rs 1800 crore from property tax, as per new assessment reports of KMC’s revenue department. Presently, the KMC collects Rs 530 crore from property tax.
To take the massive leap, the KMC is set to introduce online payment of trade license fees and contractors’ dues. Apart from this, the civic body will shortly introduce E-tendering process for essential civic services, projects and procurement.
The newly appointed commissioner, Khalil Ahmed spells out a directive not to entertain unjustified tenders to reduce property tax as at least 30 per cent of the total amount spent on development and maintenance of essential civic services gets drained every year due to manual tendering.
Under the new system (E-tendering), contractors from any part of the state can apply for any tender online. The credentials of the contractor will be judged automatically based on the standards set by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
All this is a part of the campaign to make the civic body technology friendly and prevent drainage of civic chest.
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Source: Times of India
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good to hear that KMC collected 1800 crores from property tax.
Good step taken by Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to collect Rs 1800 crore from property tax
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