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Pune Civic Bodies Hit Record Early Property Tax Collections as PMC Extends Rebate Deadline

Strategic rebates coupled with data-driven outreach drove Pune’s civic bodies to unprecedented first-quarter property tax yields.

As the citizens were unable to pay the tax online, they rushed to citizens facility centres to avail the facility. (HT PHOTO)
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Overview

  • Pune Municipal Corporation pushed collections to ₹1,244.5 crore by June 30, reaching half of its ₹2,500 crore annual goal.
  • The PMC extended its 5–10% rebate deadline to July 7 after high traffic caused a payment portal crash on the discount’s final day.
  • At least 7.10 lakh property owners availed the rebate scheme between April 1 and June 30 through online and facilitation-centre payments.
  • Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation recorded a historic ₹522.72 crore in Q1 property tax, marking its first quarter above the ₹500 crore threshold.
  • PCMC credited its City Hub for Data Communication analytics and intensive citizen outreach for driving the record-breaking collections.