GHMC begins linking property tax data with Electricity bills

In a bid to increase its revenue from property tax, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) here has begun linking Property Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) with Electricity Service Connections (USCs) of the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL). With this, anyone paying residential tax while using it for non-residential purposes will be detected.

Under the project, which is being undertaken in collaboration with M/s Soulpage, a total of 96,938 residential PTINs have been successfully linked



to non-residential USCs in the zones under the GHMC said the civic body in a press release..

While carrying out the project, residential PTINs were matched with non-resident USCs to check and verify any wrongdoing by the public. “Additional Commissioner Anurag Jayanthi said that this systematic data linkage will not only strengthen GHMC’s property tax collections, but will also help in curbing revenue leakages and bringing more accountability between property usage and electricity connections,” said a press release from the GHMC.