Overview

• The BMC’s first tax revision since 2015–16 produced a 15.89% average increase for 2025-26 bills.
• A 3.39% Ready Reckoner rate hike in March translated into locality-based spikes as high as 40%.
• Residential units smaller than 500 square feet remain exempt under a 2017 state directive.
• State leaders ordered a pause on the proposed solid waste management fee to ease household budgets.
• The civic body is owed Rs 14,320 crore by 481 entities, and BJP’s Ravi Raja urged recovery from major defaulters before regular taxpayers bear further hikes.