AGARTALA, July 24 (TIWN): The tax increasing issue has become a Hot-topic for the opposition parties, as BJP, Trinamool had hit AMC office and whole Agartala City on Saturday. The oppositions screamed, shouted before AMC Agartala but AMC didn’t bothere to answer opposition agitation.

Urban Development Dept. Govt. of Tripura vide a notification no. F-14-(2) UDD/DUD/2013/8510-814 Dated Agartala 25^th January, 2016 replaced the existing Tripura Municipal (Assessment and Collection of Property Tax), rules 2004 with new rules.

Tripura Municipal (Assessment & Collection of Property Tax), rules 2016 and subsequently as per rule (1) and (6) of new rule, the Urban Development Dept. has also notify the Municipal Valuation Committee for AMC vide notification F-14 (2) UDD/DUD/2013/ 10895/904/Dated Agartala16th March 2016 and further, the AMC has also co-opted non official members of the comitte for the preparation and proposed property zone and unit area in its meeting held on 11/7/2016 has approved the proposal of Valuation Committee and thus many rules over taxes have also been implemented over the people including the slum area living people.

However the tax will be taken by per square meter measure and homes at Agartala town have been categorized  into 4 groups A B C D.

1. For A catergory property zone as per lowest randomly selected proeprtly values, it comes Rs. 520.80/- as per square feet. Hence  10 % proportion faction for unit area value is considered as Rs. 50. (For Kolkata this fraction has been taken as Rs. 85). 

(Question arises why AMC has to tell in Website that for Kolkata it’s Rs. 85?? Is the living standar of both of the places are same?? How much difference between Mamata-Manik Govt.’s pay scale—AMC would study that first.

1. For B categories Rs. 434 . So 10 % proportion faction for unit area value is considered as Rs. 45,
2. For C categories Rs. 405 . So 10 % proportion faction for unit area value is considered as Rs. 40,
3. For D category Valuation Zone is (Slums, /Three number Abasans), it will be Rs. 35.

However, as per the calculation thus for A Category house for which minimum value is Rs. 500 per square feet, with 10 % unit value area. So 1 Ganda = Rs. 864/- SF. So in Agartala City the people who has A Category house ( 3ganda) he has to give every month 19,800/- and every year he has to give- 1 lakh 29 thousand 600/-

Now this issue has become a hot topic for Oppositions to protest against AMC. But how far AMC will care for their protests now it’s to be seen. TMC was already fumed against AMC as AMC asked Trinamool to break down their newly made TMC Bhawan.

Whereas AMC has failed to brought any development in Agartala City and thus during rainy season the water goes to waist level, now AMC is comparing the tax with West Bengal Govt. It has become a matter of fun that Communist Govt. in dream comparing Agartala City with Kolkata.