The Urban Development, Town and Country Planning Departments and H.P. Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HDFC Bank for online services.
This is a first of its kind initiative to enable quick and easy payments of property tax through payment gateway. The tourists will also be benefitted as they will get facility of online booking of HPTDC hotels and Volvo bus tickets, even on mobile app also.
A Spokesman of Himachal government on Thursday said the residents of Himachal Pradesh would be able to make their property tax payments online in a quick and convenient manner. It would also allow people who had moved out of the city to make their payments from the comfort of their homes or offices and also book HPTDC hotel rooms using any debit card, credit card, or netbanking facility.
The Urban Development department would use HDFC Bank Payment Gateway for online collection of house-property tax and water bills for all the Urban local Bodies (UlBs) in the State.
Similarly, the department of Town & Country Planning will use this Gateway for online collection of fees and other receipts for all the planning areas in the State.
As part of the MoU with the State’s Tourism Development Corporation, HDFC Bank will provide Point of Sale terminals at hotels, Smartbuy for selling/hosting hotel room and Volvo bus ticket offers, Payment gateway for making online booking, and PayZapp integration with the mobile app of the HPTDC.
The service was officially launched on Wednesday in the presence of Manisha Nanda, Additional Chief Secretary( TCP, UD & Housing), Capt JM Pathania, Director, Urban Development, Sandeep Kumar, Director,Town and Country Planing and Navin Puri, Country Head, Branch Banking, HDFC Bank.