By IANS
Jaipur : The government in Rajasthan has imposed a new property tax in urban areas of the state.
In a notification issued here late Wednesday evening the state government imposed urban development tax with immediate effect. The urban development tax is being levied as an alternate to house tax, which was abolished in January.
Abolition of house tax was one of the promises made in the Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto released at the time of the assembly elections in 2003.
As per the new tax proposal, the government now plans to impose tax on residential plots of 300 square yards or more, on flats of over 1,500 sq feet and on commercial houses of more than 100 square yards.
The tax will be calculated on the basis of local district level committee (DLC) rates that will be divided by 2,000 to arrive at the tax figure.
However, the opposition Congress has decided to oppose any move to impose this tax.
“BJP government is trying to fool people by imposing the tax under a new name,” said Pratap Singh Khachriawas, a Congress leader.
“We will hold agitation against this stubbornness of the state government,” he said.