Crackdown on property tax defaulters in Agra: AMC puts up posters with names, freezes bank accounts
Agra Municipal Commissioner Ankit Khandelwal recently instructed revenue realisation officers to enforce the recovery of dues ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 21 lakh.
As of Monday, a poster listing the names and amounts owed by 40 defaulters was displayed outside the AMC office on M G Road in Agra. Declining property tax collections have led the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) to implement strict measures such as freezing defaulters’ bank accounts and displaying posters outside their main office and later at the zonal office buildings, listing their names along withoutstanding amounts.
As of Monday, a poster listing the names and amounts owed by 40 defaulters was displayed outside the AMC office on M G Road in Agra. Additionally, nearly 15 defaulters’ bank accounts were recently frozen as part of a revenue collection push to improve the civic body’s financial health.
Agra Municipal Commissioner Ankit Khandelwal recently held a meeting with revenue realisation officers. During this meeting, he instructed them to enforce the recovery of dues ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 21 lakh. Khandelwal also directed officials to take measures such as freezing bank accounts and displaying posters listing the names, but not photos, of defaulters and the amounts they owed.
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