Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in
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BMC NETS `973 CR AS PROPERTY TAX
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THOSE WITH ISSUES GET UNTIL SEPT 30, OTHERS WILL PAY 2% PENALTY PER MONTH By Vishnudas Sheshrao
year, from April 1, 2013 the civic body collected Rs.614 crore as revhe Brihanmumbai Municipal enue. From the fiscal year 2010-11 onCorporation has collected Rs.973 crore as revenue from wards, the civic body embarked on Property Tax in the last six months. the capital value based property tax Property Tax is one of the major system to bring uniformity, acsources of revenue for the civic countability and transparency in body followed by the Octroi. How- the property tax. Therefore, for the ever, the sum collected is far lower fiscal year 2010-11, 2011-12 and than the Rs.3,955 crore estimated by 2012-13, the civic body gave provithe Municipal Commissioner in the sional bills to residents. In the release the civic body specfiscal budget. The civic body has increased the ified that citizens whose bills had deadline by 90 days for those whose not increased in amount than that final bills are higher than the provi- of provisional bills, must pay their bills on or before June 30, 2013. sional bills. According to a report, the civic However, those whose bills had inbody has collected Rs.359 crore dur- creased in amount above that of the ing the period of December 2012 to provisional bills can pay their tax March 31, 2013. In the present fiscal latest by September 30, 2013.
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While the process of switching to capital value based tax the civic body had received 40,777 complaints from the citizens regarding errors and other issues in their bills. The civic body had appointed inspectors at ward level to resolve such complaints. Deputy Assessor and Collector (Property Tax) Chandrakant S. Panchal said, “We have generated 2.70 lakh (Property Tax) bills. So far, from December 2012 to June 30, 2013, we have received Rs.973 crore as revenue from Property Tax.” He appealed to the people to pay their property tax earlier. According to officials, those who miss the deadline will have to pay the penalty of 2 per cent extra charger per month on their total amount.
‘SURAJ NOT RESPONSIBLE BACKDOOR ENTRY FOR JIAH’S SUICIDE’ Political reforms thrown to winds as defeated netas all set to get into MBMC as co-opted members
By Suresh Golani
By Philip Varghese
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wo weeks after the Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of Suraj Pancholi, who had been arrested for abetting the suicide of actress Jiah Khan, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Suraj, after observing that he cannot be held solely responsible for Jiah’s ‘impulsive’ act. It will be recalled that Suraj (22), was arrested on June 10, on the basis of a letter, purportedly written by Jiah, which was found by her mother Rabiyah Khan and her sister from Jiah’s bedroom a few days after she hung herself from the ceiling fan on June 3. In the letter, Jiah allegedly spoke of how she was mentally harassed by Suraj and how she had undergone an
Continued on pg 12 « Suraj Pancholi outside the Sessions Court, on Monday.
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en months after the NCP-led alliance took over the reins of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) after claiming majority in the August-2012 civic polls, process for nominating five coopted members will take place at a special general body meeting Continued on pg 12 «
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