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Gram panchayats successful Karnataka person achieved 71.39% taxation postulation for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 arsenic of February 18 and with this, the State has recorded the highest taxation postulation successful the state successful 2024-25, according to the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
In a statement, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge said the dependable emergence successful request and betterment implicit the past 5 years had placed Karnataka astatine the apical successful presumption of taxation mobilisation by gram panchayats.
“Over the past 5 years, the taxation request has doubled and the postulation magnitude has besides accrued significantly. In 2024-25, Karnataka recorded the highest taxation postulation successful the country,” Mr. Kharge said.
Tax arrears recovery
He pointed retired that the equilibrium for the existent fiscal twelvemonth would beryllium recovered by the extremity of March 2026. Tax arrears from erstwhile years stood astatine ₹3,352.4 crore, and betterment was nether mode aft segregating dues based connected spot classification, helium said.
Chief Executive Officers of each Zilla Panchayats person been directed to behaviour focused taxation postulation drives. Awareness campaigns are being carried retired done information, acquisition and connection activities and societal media platforms isolated from people media.
Special drives
In Vijayanagar district, a peculiar thrust crossed 137 gram panchayats resulted successful the postulation of ₹3.07 crore. In Yadgir district, a one-day spot taxation run crossed 122 gram panchayats collected ₹3.12 crore, the Minister said.
To facilitate payments, spot owners tin wage taxes done PhonePe, Google Pay and astatine Bapuji Seva Kendras. Details of payable spot taxation are disposable connected the Panchamitra bundle platform.
Mr. Kharge said gram panchayats were providing civic amenities specified arsenic drinking water, streetlights, roads and drainage adjacent successful areas wherever onshore conversion had not been formally undertaken, placing a fiscal load connected section bodies. The amendments to Section 199 of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993- introducing Sections 199B and 199C- were notified connected April 7, 2025.
The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Gram Panchayat Taxes, Rates and Fees) Rules, 2025 came into effect connected October 17, 2025, with the nonsubjective of strengthening the own-source gross of gram panchayats.
The Minister said definite method issues pursuing modifications to the e-Swathu 2.0 bundle were being addressed. Increased taxation mobilisation would heighten the fiscal capableness of gram panchayats and enactment the instauration of basal infrastructure successful agrarian areas, helium added.
