Finally, rural property tax payment goes online

In a late, but significant move that promises to make life easy for rural citizens, the Basavaraj Bommai administration has rolled out reforms that allow them to pay their property taxes online.

Payment of property taxes was manual all these years, leading to money being syphoned off.

Not just tax payments, a host of other services such as issue of Forms 9 and 11, building construction licence, occupancy certificate, water supply connections and so on can be availed online through the website of the Bapuji Seva Kendra.

The upgraded website comes under Panchatantra 2.0, the new software platform governing gram panchayats that was quietly launched on April 24.