City corporation to develop citizen portal to help monitor services
The Hindu
Budget estimates revenue of ₹578.65 cr. and expenditure of ₹561.35 cr.
Taking forward the paperless office concept, the Mangaluru City Corporation has proposed developing a citizen portal through which people can view online the action taken on applications for issuance of trade licence, birth certificate and other such services.
Presenting the budget for 2022-23 here on Friday, Chairperson of Corporation Council Standing Committee on Taxation, Finance and Appeals Shobha Rajesh said that documentation in the corporation is now in the paperless format. “It is proposed to develop a system by which people can view online the action taken on their applications,” she said.
Ms. Rajesh said that the corporation will continue with the present online system of payment of property tax from which it expects a revenue of ₹80 crore in the 2022-23. The corporation has added more than 2.05 lakh houses into the tax net and survey work is on to find houses that are left out. A revenue vigilance squad headed by the Deputy Commissioner (Finance) is set up to find revenue leakage and plug it.
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