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How should the govt finance infrastructure building in Bangalore? tsubba - 24-JUN-2008* A blanket cess (build a pool for any project) * Cess with a purpose (first tell me the project) * Keep off my pockets (where are my tax rupees) |
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Bangalore pays second highest direct taxes in the country mcadambi - 1-APR-2008
According to the new RBI report on Municipal Finances in India, as indexed in the recent Budget speech of BBMP, Municipal finances of Bangalore rank very low. What is startling is that even tough we pay the second highest share of direct taxes (i.e personal taxes like what you and me pay out of our salary), it has no correlation with the per capita municipal tax.
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blrsri - 24-SEP-2007There is a talk of metro becoming too difficult to implment as its expensive.. where properties need to be acquired.. I was reading about the elrts cess that was being colleced in the 90's to the early 00'. It comes up to a whooping 700 crores..its with the bmrcl now.. |