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Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has come up with ‘Abhay Yojana’ for the property tax payers in the city. Under this scheme the penalty for delayed tax payment by the citizens will be waived off up to 75%. The property owners just have to pay the tax amount with 25% of penalty. Total amount is to be paid at once and not in installments. This scheme will be active for 2 months starting from December 15 to February 15, 2020.
Scheme Overview:
| Scheme name: | Abhay Yojana |
| Scheme Under: | Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation |
| Beneficiaries: | Property tax payers across the city |
| Benefit: | Up to 75% of rebate on penalty for property tax due |
| Scheme Duration: | December 15 – February 15, 2020 |
| Objective: | To provide the tax payers with some relief in property tax payment due |
Scheme Objectives and Benefits:
- The main objective is to provide some relief to the tax payers to overcome the financial issues raised due to the pandemic situation
- It will motivate the property tax payers to pay and get all the dues cleared
- It will help the tax payers to finish off the payment with lesser financial burden.
- This scheme will enable the property tax payers to get an exemption in penalty up to 75%
- This scheme will also help the civic body to get revenue
Key Points:
- Abhay Yojana, will be kept in function by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for 2 months from December 15- February 15, 2020
- This scheme is launched for property tax payers in the city
- Due to the pandemic situations, lot of people are affected financially and thus were not able to pay the property tax
- This scheme is to provide some relief to the property tax payers
- Under this scheme, the property tax payers will get up to 75% exemption on the penalty payment for property tax due
- The total amount is to be paid at once
- Amount can be paid via cash or cheque at the headquarters and 8 ward offices
- No installments will be available thereby
- There will not be any extension in the scheme period
- Tax payers who have already paid the taxes before this scheme start, will not be able to claim any refund for the amount paid by them
- Property tax is a very important source of revenue and thus collection of the tax under this scheme will lead to increase in the revenue of the civic body
- All the scheme details will be available to the citizens on the official corporation website as well as on the mobile app NMMC e-connect
- For availing the benefit of this scheme, the citizens can get application forms on the official website @www.nmmc.gov.in
