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Chapter ñ12 Final Report: Thiruvathipuram Municipality ìIWRM is defined as a process that promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystemsî. Source: Status Report on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water Efficiency Plans ñ UN water report. 12.3 PROPOSED INTERVENTION AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL The Proposed Municipal intervention is broadly categorized under the heads of: 1. Reforms in Resource Mobilisation 2. Privatisation Initiatives 3. Energy & resource efficiency 4. Computerization and E-governance 5. Accounts and Auditing 6. Institutional Management 7. Municipal service delivery 12.4 REFORMS IN RESOURCE MOBILISATION In an environment in which business activity is booming and urban infrastructure threatens to become a constraint to growth, the municipalities are faced with an unprecedented need to find substantial resources for development, and an unprecedented opportunity to raise the same. The various options for enhancement of Municipal revenue based is discussed below: 1. Improving revenue from own sources 2. Improving revenue from user charges 3. Formation of new sustainable revenue bases 12.4.1 ACTION PLAN: IMPROVING REVENUE FROM OWN SOURCES Strategy options : i. Property and Profession tax 1. Expanding Property tax and Profession tax base. Onetime assessment of all unassessed and under assessed properties. This would increase the property tax revenue base by 20-30%. The project could be taken up as a door ñto ñdoor survey of all existing properties, with details on 1. Size & built up area of the property 2. Present use - residential, commercial, industrial or vacant. 3. Number of households, houses, size of families, etc. Street naming and property numbering already undertaken by Govt. of Tamil Nadu needs to be linked to this to streamline the study. At the rate of Rs.30.00 . - 91 - Voyants Solutions Private Limited
Chapter ñ12 Final Report: Thiruvathipuram Municipality per property, the estimated cost for the project would be about Rs.5.00 lakhs. Property mapping would form a database for GIS projects (Land use and Utility Mapping), which is a long term project and in the rationalization of tax structure. The participation of the SHGs, (youth and women) could be utilized for the purpose. Identifying and including omitted Profession tax assesses - This project is to be linked to the property mapping exercise. An improvement of 20-30% on the existing tax base could be expected. 2. Rebates on Property tax: Most of the collections take place during the last quarter of the year. This results in poor collection efficiency, wherein the ULB ends up collecting much less taxes than the tax demand raised. The option of providing rebates upto 10% for ëearly birdsí paying the tax during the 1 st and 2 nd quarter could be explored. This would ensure timely spending on capital and operating expenditure and efficient tax management systems. 3. Regular and periodic increment of property tax at 15% every 5 years. 4. Mobilizing a ëFast Track Litigation Campaigní to settle disputes on properties. 5. Levying Vacant Land Tax as per the recommendations of Third State Finance Commission. Empowering the municipality to convert non- claimed lands to socially benefiting uses. ii. Profession Tax Reform Revising the profession tax based on the Third State Finance Commission recommendations. iii Regularization of unapproved construction Regularization fees for unapproved constructions at the rate of 5 times the existing building license fee. Sl.No Reforms 1 Property tax Reform 2 Table 12-1: Road Map - Improving revenue from own sources . - 92 - Year of Implementation i Property Mapping √ ii Rebates on Property tax √ Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 iii Regular and periodic increment of property tax √ iv Mobilizing a ëFast Litigation Campaigní Track √ v Levying Vacant Land Tax √ Regularization construction of unapproved √ Voyants Solutions Private Limited
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