Local Administration Minister A. Namassivayam on Wednesday launched the online property tax payment facility for the Puducherry and Oulgaret Municipalities. Mr. Namassivayam rolled out the Local Government Receipts Accounts Monitoring System (LGRAMS) and websites of Puducherry and Oulgaret Municipalities. At present, the online payment facility is only for property tax but will shortly be extended to payment of trade licence and user charges.
The public can pay the tax through the website http:/propertytax.puducherry.gov,ini by logging in with their property tax assessment number, OTP verification code, payment term, and pay the amount through bank card (debit/credit / net banking) and download the receipt for successful transaction. The website was developed by the Local Administration Department in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Puducherry.