In a move to reduce delays and bring relief to public, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched an online application for e-mutation or e-change of name in property tax records on Monday.
Preety Agarwal, the Mayor of NMC said that the property tax payer would now be able to apply for mutation or change of name in property tax by applying through portal by uploading details of the property. “After clearance of all property tax dues against the property which would reflect automatically from the master data would be processed automatically within a time bound manner. Then a certificate would be issued through e-mail or post. This process has minimum human interface,” she said.
“It is one among many steps taken by the North corporation in the direction of e-governance, increasing revenue and digitization of all existing property tax records besides improvement in delivery of services in efficient, time bound and transparent manner,” she said.
Municipal Commissioner Praveen Gupta said the idea now is to go from “in line to online” as much as possible to get civic work done and offer more ease to people.
“Also, now people can apply for mutation of property tax records online. And, mutation certificate would also be made available online. “The website also contains easy access links to various platforms,” he said.
A senior Corporation officer said that the main aim is to be financially self-reliant and set an example of good governance. “This application is a part of the digitization program being implemented by the Corporation with an aim of widening tax base, digitization of property tax records and maintaining it in electronic form, synchronization of the scanned and digitized data with MCD online system and UPIC data, facilitating the tax payer by online facilities,” he added.