Bhubaneswar: In a bid to streamline revenue collection from urban areas, the state government on Friday launched digitised tax system MPL-2.0 for holding tax in 114 urban local bodies (ULBs).
Inaugurating the tax system, chief secretary Suresh Mohapatra appealed to the tax payers, collection authorities and officials concerned to adopt th
e initiative to make it a national model.
Speaking on the occasion, principal secretary, Housing and Urban Development department, G Mathivathanan said the system was implemented in 9 urban areas including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Puri, Balasore, Baripada and Bhadrak last year. It had led to 37% increase in revenue collection in 2019-20 over 2018-19.
Sangarmajit Nayak, Director, Municipal Administration said more than 900 tax collection officials will be involved in the system. While holding tax of Rs 73.2 crore was collected from the 9 urban areas in 2028-19 financial year, the collection was Rs 100.65 crore registering an increase of 37.5% in the subsequent year after introduction of the MPL-2.0, he added.