The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) will be improving its 'GIS-based Municipal Tax and Fee Collection System' soon, officials said.
Notably, the RMC administration has already geared up to recover hefty revenue from big tax evaders who have not paid their taxes for a long time.
It issued an order in this regard in March to prepare ‘zone-wise lists’ of such tax evaders whose outstanding tax amount is above Rs 50,000. The tax collection target of Rs 150 crore is to be achieved for the current fiscal.
It may be recalled that Chief Municipal Officers (CMOs) and Revenue Inspectors of Urban local Bodies (UlBs) will also have their month's salary stopped now by the Urban Administration and Development Department if they are unable to meet revenue collection targets set by the Department.
The Department has also prepared a 12-month revenue collection parameter for UlBs to boost tax collection, officials informed.
It has also directed to cancel all incomplete and pending works approved in 2014-15. On the other hand, the Raipur Smart City ltd (RSCl) has started the process for implementation of ‘Raipur City Smart Payment System’.
The Smart Payment System comprises — preparations of City Smart Cards, Mobile App and a web portal on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model, officials said.
Notably, Smart City Mission was launched by the Centre on June 25, 2015.
Subsequently, Raipur was selected among 100 cities to be developed as Smart City in India due to various achievements, initiatives and all-inclusive approach, they said.
Accordingly, Raipur city had submitted “Smart City Proposal” (SCP) to Union Ministry of Urban Development with required consent of Government of Chhattisgarh and statutory authority of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC).
Raipur will be developed into a smart city under the fast track mode of first phase of the Smart Cities Mission.
The Smart City Proposal of Raipur includes the smart city solutions which involve the use of technology, information and data to improve infrastructure and services within the city of Raipur .
The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) will soon go for development and implementation of an e-governance model in Urban local Bodies (UlBs) of the State.
Notably, SUDA is in the process of preparing a Master Plan for implementation of Solid Waste Management Project in all the 168 UlBs of Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
It will also get a feasibility study and Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for all UlBs in the State .
Meanwhile , it may be recalled that top brains currently being nurtured in the country’s premier business and technology schools will soon get assignments to prepare urban development plans for civic bodies in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh Urban Administration and Development Department has decided to invite interns comprising mainly students and researchers from renowned institutions like IITs and IIMs who would help in preparing better plans for management of water supply, low cost housing, sewerage management, solid waste management, poverty eradication, study of various State and Central schemes related to vehicular traffic management in urban areas.
Moreover, as per official information released during May this year, under the AMRUT Mission the nine municipal corporations- Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur- have been selected wherein ‘Shahar Sandhan Yojna’ (City Research Scheme) will be launched.
The scheme is aimed at utilising the educational knowledge of students and researchers in better development of cities, officials said.
SUDA has already issued directives to all nine Municipal Corporations in this regard.
The students in final year of graduation or post graduation studying Engineering, Management, Town Planning, Environment, Technology or Social Studies will be eligible for carrying out the studies. The research scholars can also take part in the studies in various municipal corporations.