Manipur launches online property tax platform

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• Prashant Kumar Singh along with other officials during the launch of online property tax Platform for 26 municipal councils of Manipur in Imphal on Thursday.

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• IMPHAL — The online property tax Platform for 26 municipal councils of Manipur was formally launched in Imphal on Thursday. The initiative reinforces Manipur’s commitment to transparent and efficient urban governance.
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• Launching the platform in Imphal, the state chief secretary, Prashant Kumar Singh, commended the team of Manipur Municipality Property Tax Board (MMPTB) for their hard work and encouraged proper training for smooth adoption and emphasised the importance of capacity building, transparency and promoting door-to-door services to ensure accessibility.
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• The newly launched platform offers comprehensive services including property registration, self-assessment, tax payment and processing of requests for amalgamation, separation and mutation—all through a single digital interface.
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• There are 27 urban local bodies (ULB) in the state. One ULB is Municipal Corporation and the other 26 ULB are municipal councils.
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• Under the provisions of Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994, all the municipalities are expected to implement the property tax collection from the current financial year/ assessment year 2025-26.

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• Other key features of the platform are registration of properties, official verification and approval process and payment of property tax. Besides, there would be analytics of data for various processes.
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• The day’s launching event in Imphal also featured a live video interaction with the chief programme officer of the National Urban Digital Mission, Manpreet Singh, and a tutorial video on property registration, which was broadcasted as part of the launching ceremony.
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• The chairman of MMPTB, H Deleep Singh; commissioner of Finance, N Ashok Kumar; secretary of Revenue, N Kheda Varta Singh; director of MAHUD), Ng Uttam Singh; director of MARSAC, O Nodiachand Singh; municipal commissioner (IMC), K Chandrakumar Singh; and CEO of Imphal City Ltd, Th Harikumar Singh, along with senior members of the various municipal councils attended the event.
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• The digital rollout marked the culmination of years of strategic planning, collaboration and dedicated effort from various stakeholders.
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• A significant step was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and MMPTB in May 2022.
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• Manipur has now become the first state in India to sign under the National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
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• It signifies a pioneering move towards digitally transforming urban governance and service delivery in the state, aligning with the mission's goals of creating a shared digital infrastructure for urban India.
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• The National Institute of Urban Affairs provided vital financial and technical support throughout the development of the platform.