Vadodara Municipal Corporation: Hikes Property Tax..!


The standing committee of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) recently approved the civic budget for 2013-14 that brings down the proposed hike in general tax and water charges but makes no change in gas rates proposed by municipal commissioner in his budget proposals last month.

According to the revised budget, property tax on residential properties would be levied at Rs. 16 per square metre (square meter), Rs. 5 more than the present Rs. 11 but Rs. 4 less than that what was proposed by Commissioner Mr. Ashwini Kumar in his budget presentation on January 24, 2013.

Similarly, the standing committee has proposed to increase annual water charges for households from Rs. 850 to Rs. 1,000. The commissioner had proposed Rs 1,200 a year.

However, the residents of the Vadodara city receiving piped cooking gas will have to get ready to pay a higher bill from April this year (2013). The standing committee has kept the revised gas rates at Rs. 16.52 per unit as proposed by the executive wing. Consumers will effectively have to pay Rs. 18.99 per unit instead of present Rs. 15.84.

The standing committee also approved new streetlight tax at Rs. 8 per cent of general tax or /Rs. 120, whichever is less, as proposed in the commissioner’s budget.

With these and other moderations in the rates by standing committee, the VMC is likely to collect Rs. 62 crore more annually. But this would be about Rs. 30 crore less than the target of Rs. 92.33 crore set by the commissioner.
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