Overview
- The PMC general body voted unanimously to reject a five percent increase and retain the current property tax structure for 2026–27.
- The administration’s plan started as a 10 percent hike and was trimmed by municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram to five percent before reaching the House.
- Leader of the House Ganesh Bidkar said he will seek a special general body meeting to address steep assessments in recently merged villages.
- The civic administration counts 1,492,803 registered properties and warns that exempting homes under 500 sq ft could cut revenue by about ₹255.59 crore, rising to ₹406.11 crore if applied more broadly.
- Citizens’ group Sajag Nagrik Manch urged better assessments and arrears recovery—citing rising receipts since 2015–16 and unpaid government dues including a ₹1,075 crore surcharge and ₹1,950 crore in GST compensation—rather than higher rates.