City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal
City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal
City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal
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Chapter ñ 9 Final Report: Ambur <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />
Table 9-28 - Financial Performance Indicators<br />
S.No Indicators Value<br />
1 Operating Ratio 95%<br />
2 Growth in Per Capita Own Revenue (0.07%)<br />
3 Growth in Per Capita Grant 14.25%<br />
4 Growth in Per Capita Total Revenue Income 5.20%<br />
5 Growth in Per Capital Establishment Expenditure 3.78%<br />
6 Growth in Per Capita O&M Expenditure 26.61%<br />
7 Growth in Per Capita Revenue Expenditure (1.33%)<br />
9.6.5 Efficiency Indicators<br />
These indicators are essentially a measure to assess municipal efficiency with<br />
regards revenue base coverage and utilization. Ambur <strong>Municipal</strong>ity has poor<br />
collection performance both with regards property tax, profession tax and water<br />
charges (50%, 75% and 10% respectively). The average population per residential<br />
assessment at 7.50 persons indicates that the property tax base has a very low<br />
coverage.<br />
Table 9-29 - Efficiency Indicators<br />
S.No Indicators Value<br />
1 Tax Collection Performance (Current)<br />
- Property Tax 50%<br />
- Profession Tax 75%<br />
- Water Charges 10%<br />
- Non Tax Income 90%<br />
2 No. of Property Tax Assessments per Tax Collection Staff 1700 Nos.<br />
3 Property Tax Demand per Assessment Rs. 784/- p.a.<br />
4 No. of <strong>Municipal</strong> Staff per 1000 Population 621 Nos.<br />
5 Annual Revenue (Own Source) per <strong>Municipal</strong> Staff Rs. 1.11 lakh p.a.<br />
6 Population per Residential Property Tax Assessment 7.50 persons<br />
Note :<br />
The detailed financials of Ambur <strong>Municipal</strong>ity comprising Income & Expenditure<br />
Statement, Balance Sheet, Demand Collection Balance Statement, Growth in<br />
Income and Key Indicators for the last 6 years are given as Annexure.<br />
9.7 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR IMPROVING COLLECTION EFFICIENCY<br />
The average collection efficiencies under the various heads works out as below :<br />
Particulars Current Arrears<br />
Property Tax 51.08% 27.12%<br />
Profession Tax 72.12% 7.98%<br />
Water Charges 14.18% 9.94%<br />
Other Fees 87.60% 24.55%<br />
It may be observed from the above that the <strong>Municipal</strong>ity has average collection<br />
efficiency with respect to Profession Tax and Other Income and poor collection<br />
efficiency for property tax and water charges.<br />
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