Tk 342.59cr budget for RCC announced
Health sector brought under tax net
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) yesterday announced Tk 342.59 crore budget for 2011-12 fiscal year bringing the health services sector under the tax net.
RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton read out the budget at a press conference at Rajshahi Nagar Bhaban's conference room in the afternoon.
Replying to a question, the mayor said, “No new tax is imposed; people of Rajshahi will have to pay the same taxes for health services.”
“We never collected taxes from health sector although we are providing many health related services spending around Tk 5.5 crore annually. If people cooperate paying taxes, we will be able to manage health services better than any previous time.”
The RCC expects Tk 238.26 crore of the budget from different project grants, including Tk 18.56 crore loans from Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund, and Tk 14 crore Medium Towns Integrated Flood Protection Project.
The budget is Tk 81.53 crore higher than the last fiscal year's budget of Tk 261.05 crore which was later revised at Tk 167.98 crore.
RCC's own income from taxes, rates, fees, rents, grants and profits was shown at Tk 57.97 crore in the budget.
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