This story is from September 27, 2021

SCB yet to get Rs 60 crore in tax from Telangana govt

Even after a decade, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) awaits Transfer of Property Tax (TPT) of nearly Rs 60 crore. Of Rs 80 crore, only Rs 20 crore have been received in a phased manner so far and for the remaining amount, officials have been making rounds of the state finance department.
SCB yet to get Rs 60 crore in tax from Telangana govt
Another Rs 600 crore service charges from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) are also pending, added an official.
SECUNDERABAD: Even after a decade, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) awaits Transfer of Property Tax (TPT) of nearly Rs 60 crore. Of Rs 80 crore, only Rs 20 crore have been received in a phased manner so far and for the remaining amount, officials have been making rounds of the state finance department.
Nearly half a dozen state government offices are located in the Cantonment limits. Around 9.5% of the property registration fees collected by the state goverment in Cantonment areas has to be transferred to the SCB.
Every year, the state government is supposed to transfer around Rs 8 crore to the SCB, however, the transfer of the amount has been pending with the government. “If the state government releases this pending amount, we will spend it for civic works like laying of CC roads and building retaining walls near open nalas spread over 30 to 50 km,” said a SCB engineering wing official.
Another Rs 600 crore service charges from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) are also pending, added an official.
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