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Higher tax on properties near Metro lines suggested

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The people residing in close proximity to Metro lines may have to shell out more by way of property tax if the urban development ministry suggestion to state governments is implemented.

The ministry has sought the state governments' opinion on levying additional taxes on land transactions near the Metro corridors.

"This is one of the innovative methods to generate funds for the development of infrastructure of Metro as we cannot maintain Metro by just printing the currency," Urban Development Secretary Sudhira Krishna told reporters here.

According to the proposal, people who own property within 500 metres of Metro line should pay the extra tax.

Krishna said it is only a suggestion to the state governments as the central government has not taken any decision on this.

It is also proposed that 10 per cent property tax may also be imposed on additional floor area ratio (FAR) permitted along the Metro lines.

 

29 comments

  • mahesh  •  3 months ago
    congress kisi ko jeene nahi degi............... jai ho congress ki garibi nahi garibon ko hatao.
    • Chudir Bhai 3 months ago
      IS bar congress ke pratyashi ko saamne baithakar itna maarna ki dar ke mare koi bhi ticket nahi mange... Congress aise hi khali ho jaega... Bas peeto. jahan dekho peeto...
  • jar  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
    how much of this would be diverted to Swiss Account?
  • Bharti  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
    Total nonsense , How can you exploit people like that ....This is dictatorship not democracy ..
  • Aam Aadmi  •  Bangalore, Karnataka  •  3 months ago
    Mr. Choothira Krishna has come out with a novel way of looting the public. I understand that the chairperson of UPA has announced to all the ministers in the coalition to come out with "Novel" way of looting the people of India. The best idea is rewarded with a free holiday in Italy and ofcourse a promotion, a swiss bank account and a govt. post after their retirement.
  • ankita  •  3 months ago
    500 meter near metro station........r u kidding me after every 500 meter of area der is anodr metro station........dat means whole day to pay extra tax.........CONGRESS is bhukad yaar.......hatao inko.........pls ppl elect nd is govt. ko hatao if u want ur nation to be clean of corruption.........bring swiss money (janta ki mehnat ka paisa) nd put dat into metro......den metro kya helicopter mein log travel karengey delhi ke....................nonsense people
    • Chudir Bhai 3 months ago
      Hatao nahi. Laat maar ke bhagao.. Lekin Muslims inko hi vote dalenge reservation ke chakkar me. Ye fir se ayenge.. fir lootenge...
    • Nick 3 months ago
      Har bar tum muslim ko kyon badnam karte ho............kya tumara khana hazam nahi hota bina muslim ka naam liye,,,,,,,,nonsense
    • ankita 3 months ago
      pls undrstnd badnam nhi kr rhey muslims ko but conngress wins bcoz of muslims vote.....we love muslims equally.......congress ko india ko hi bech khaye......
  • ankita  •  Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh  •  3 months ago
    mera ek commnt toh delete hi kar diya........bloody yahoo people
  • laxman naik  •  Pune, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
    by imposing this additional tax there congress will give a birth to another Kalmadi , Kannimoli, Raja or Maran Brothers, Absolutely no use to public citizens .We didn't demand metro in our vicinity. taking such a decision without people's consent is such a stupidity .It's a high time we need to overthrow the UPA Government. If the politician really want money let them sell their wife and daughter in bazaar instead of imposing such tax on innocent peoples.
    • Chudir Bhai 3 months ago
      Sonia is the mother of all... and even she is fertile.. Soon she will be giving birth to another Raja or Kalmadi.. dont worry...
  • Bhakti Kulkarni  •  3 months ago
    I would have loved paying more if the money comes back for improving the infrastucture for the URBAN areas which is far cry.
  • VadiRaj  •  3 months ago
    Instead of this why they could not use Indians Swiss unaccounted money?
  • vasudevan  •  Gurgaon, Haryana  •  3 months ago
    how much blood do they want to such from the public body?
  • Abhishek  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
    We didn't demand metro in our vicinity how the hell you all can take such a decision without people's consent. Congress always acts like a dictator.It's a high time we need to overthrow the UPA Government, especially Congress in the next Loksabha elections.
    • Akil 3 months ago
      Right bro lets pledge we will start from tomorrow's election not to vote Congress as well as any currupt Party Jai hind.
  • ankita  •  3 months ago
    matlab metro banake BJP ne aacha kaam kiya but congress ko acha kaam pasnd hi kaha hai........congress na kabhi baj nahi ayegi apni harkato se........yaar tum log tax le lo but usko apne private account mein trsnfr krne ki jagah.......devlopmnt mein use karo...pehle jitna paisa swiss mein hai make proper use of it.....den tax ki baat karna
  • Sonu B  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
    hell! how can they charge us??
  • barun  •  3 months ago
    Oh yes, tax the tax payers who's tax money has been used to build the metro system in the first place. Great.
  • uttamkumar  •  Mumbai, Maharashtra  •  3 months ago
    Not innovative it is to generate more money for the political class to push out money abroad in so called tax heavens.After some days even to walk out side your home you will be taxed.Since after all this rich and the corrupt people are the ones using the hard earned tax payers money for their personal upliftment.
  • Chudir Bhai  •  3 months ago
    Sheila Di jawani... Soon u will hear Congress put new taxes on the properties near the restaurants. becoz they will say.. U EAT GOOD AND YOU POOP GOOD. so there should be another POOP tax... Congress sucks... SOB party...
  • aravinth  •  Chennai, Tamil Nadu  •  3 months ago
    I think the UPA Government always thinks about different ways to impose tax on people and not a single way to make India better
  • davinder  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
    Another way to fill their pockets, they really have great minds which now and then keep on thinking how to grab money from public.
  • MB  •  Torrance, United States  •  3 months ago
    It is totally not appropriate. What is the relation between property tax and metro??? There is small story. There was a Naaii Master Saab, beating to the children at school without any significant reason. When he was out of the school children were throwing pebbles on him. He was coming home and beating to his wife, asking her that why you asked children to throw pebbles on me.
    The same way this proposal works. If they want to generate more income, allow Hotels, Restaurants, Rest Rooms, Lodges, Shopping Malls Internet Cafes, Gyms, etc. which will generate more income for Metro, and so many people will also be deployed, and businessmen will get benefited, and passengers will get facility.
  • Naveen  •  New Delhi, Delhi  •  3 months ago
    Absolutely absurd suggestion.

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