Andhra government imposed ₹1,000-crore house tax burden on urban residents: CPI(M)
The CPI(M) has accused the Andhra Pradesh government of imposing a significant financial burden on urban residents through increased property taxes. The party claims the current taxation system is unfair and has threatened agitation if the government does not repeal the new tax policies.
Why it matters
This highlights local political tensions regarding municipal taxation and the privatization of civic services in India.
CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao on Thursday alleged that the Andhra Pradesh government had imposed an additional house-tax burden of nearly ₹1,000 crore on urban residents and was continuing the property-value-based taxation system introduced by the previous YSRCP government.
Addressing the media at the party office, Mr. Babu Rao, along with party district secretariat member B. Satya Babu, alleged that the government had reneged on its election promise to review the property-tax system.
He claimed that the capital-value-based property tax had resulted in house taxes increasing by at least 15.% every year. He alleged that the cumulative increase over six years had reached 131.% The coalition government had further increased the burden by 30% this year, he said.
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