Pune: Amnesty Scheme Boosts Tax Revenue of PMC as Civic Body Collects Rs 5,300 crore through Property Tax and Building Permission for 2025-26
Pune, 31st March 2026: Despite falling short of their respective revenue targets, the Pune municipal corporation’s property tax and building permissions departments together generated over Rs 5,300 crore in the financial year 2025–26, providing a significant boost to the civic body’s finances.
According to officials, the property tax department collected Rs 2,985.67 crore against a target of Rs 3,250 crore. While the target remained unmet, the department saw a notable rise in collections compared to the previous year, aided largely by the Amnesty Scheme. The amnesty scheme, introduced to encourage defaulters to clear pending dues, contributed Rs 954.78 crore to the total revenue, with authorities extending the deadline twice to maximise participation.
Civic officials said special recovery drives and the deployment of dedicated teams were undertaken to improve collections. Measures such as keeping facilitation centres operational during holidays and ensuring seamless online payment systems were also implemented to avoid inconvenience to taxpayers.
The building permissions department, meanwhile, reported revenue of Rs 2,341.84 crore against a target of Rs 2,853 crore. Officials attributed the shortfall to delays in land measurement processes, which impacted approvals. However, the department recorded a sharp uptick in March, collecting Rs 588.82 crore in a single month.
Senior officials said that while both departments missed their targets, the overall revenue performance reflects steady growth, supported by policy measures and administrative efforts to streamline collections.
