TMI BlogManipur becomes the 4th State to complete urban local bodies reforms Additional borrowing permission of ₹ 75 crore issuedX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Manipur becomes the 4th State to complete urban local bodies reforms Additional borrowing permission of ₹ 75 crore issued - News and Press Release Dated:- 12-1-2021 - News - Manipur becomes the 4th State to complete urban local bodies reforms Additional borrowing permission of ₹ 75 crore issued Additional borrowing permission of ₹ 7,481 crore granted so far to 4 States fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r undertaking urban local bodies reforms Manipur has become the 4 th State in the country to successfully undertake Urban Local Bodies (ULB) reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance in its letter to the States dated 17 th May, 2020. Thus, the State has become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of ₹ 75 crore through Op ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... en Market Borrowings. Permission for the same was issued by the Department of Expenditure on 11 th January, 2021. Manipur has now joined the three other States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, who have completed this reform. On completion of Urban Local Bodies reform, these four States have been granted additional borrowing permission of ₹ 7,481 crore . State ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... wise amount of the additional borrowing permitted is as under : Sl. No. State Amount (Rs in crore) 1. Andhra Pradesh 2,525 2. Madhya Pradesh 2,373 3. Manipur 75 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 4. Telangana 2,508 Reforms in the Urban Local Bodies and the urban utilities reforms are aimed at financial strenghtening of ULBs in the States and to enable them to provide better public health and sanitation services. Economically rejuvenated ULBs will also be able to create good civic infrastructure. The ref ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... orms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure to achieve these objectives are: (i) The State will notify (a) floor rates of property tax in ULBs which are in consonance with the prevailing circle rates (i.e. guideline rates for property transactions) and (b) floor rates of user charges in respect of the provision of water-supply, drainage and sewerage which reflect current costs/ past i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nflation. (ii) The State will put in place a system of periodic increase in floor rates of property tax/ user charges in line with price increases. In view of the resource requirement to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had on 17 th May, 2020 enhanced the borrowing limit of the States by 2 percent of their Gross States Domestic Product ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (GSDP). Half of this special dispensation was linked to undertaking citizen centric reforms by the States. The States get permission to raise additional funds equivalent to 0.25 percent of GSDP on completion of reforms in each sector. The four citizen centric areas identified for reforms were (a) Implementation of One Nation One Ration Card System, (b) Ease of doing business reform, (c) Urban Loc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... al body/ utility reforms and (d) Power Sector reforms. So far 10 States have implemented the One Nation One Ration Card System, 7 States have done ease of doing business reforms, and 4 States have done local body reforms. Total additional borrowing permission issued so far to the States who have done the refoms stands at Rs. 54,265 crore. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ndia - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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