Editorials | Property Tax : Countering Misinformation

The Ministry of Home Affairs empowered J&K administration to impose property taxes for the first time recently by issuing several amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000 and Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 carried through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020.

The Union Territory Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha said, that every person in Jammu and Kashmir has to play an equally important role to effectively counter the misinformation on property tax and convey the truth and facts to the general public.

Administration and citizens have a shared responsibility to build an inclusive & developed J&K. It is time for everyone to introspect because rights & duties are two sides of the same coin. We must pay for services wherever necessary so that UT moves faster on the development trajectory,” LG Manoj Sinha said.