Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s (NMMC) Property Tax Department received an unprecedented response from citizens in its property tax collection campaign for the financial year 2026-27, collecting Rs 434.02 crore in the first quarter from April to June 2026, a record in the corporation’s history, said the civic officials. Technology-based administrative work played a crucial role behind the record recovery, said NMMC Commissioner Kailas Shinde. The civic body has estimated Rs 1,200 crore tax collection in its budget for the current fiscal . “The recovery process placed emphasis on transparency, citizen-oriented services, expansion of digital facilities and data-based decision-making. Initiatives implemented under his guidance strengthened taxpayers’ confidence, reflected in continuously increasing tax recovery for the last two years,” said Shinde.The civic body recovered Rs 23.67 crore from 15,250 property owners who did not pay property tax in the previous year or earlier. Of 1,23,323 property owners who paid in the second, third and fourth quarters of the previous year, 56,973 paid in the first quarter of this fiscal, contributing Rs 165.74 crore.This year more than Rs 434.02 crore was collected from 1,43,329 taxpayers, compared with Rs 372.42 crore from 98,478 taxpayers in the corresponding period of 2025-26. The increase in taxpayer participation boosted the corporation’s revenue growth, said city mayor Sujata Patil.Digital media played a major role in the record collection, with citizens using QR codes, UPI, net banking, debit and credit cards, and mobile banking, making payment easier, faster and more transparent, said NMMC.NMMC also sent ‘Personalised Payment Links’ through SMS and WhatsApp to enable citizens to pay from home within seconds. The corporation said the initiative received a spontaneous response, with 57,397 citizens, or 40.63% of total taxpayers, paying about Rs 58 crore through this medium.Property tax of Rs 434.02 crore was collected from 1,43,329 taxpayers out of 3,55,772 taxpayers. Of the total, 1,03,473 taxpayers paid Rs 280.71 crore online (72.2%), 27,023 taxpayers paid Rs 8.36 crore through offline methods (18.85%), and Rs 144.93 crore was collected from 12,833 taxpayers through bank transactions (9%). The highest collection of Rs 80 crore was from the Ghansoli division.By property type, collections comprised residential properties at 31.92%, industrial properties at 35.79%, commercial properties at 22.26%, and mixed and other assets at 10.03%.
