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Telangana Govt now allows citizens to pay property tax through WhatsApp

Jaleel M. by Jaleel M.
February 25, 2021
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The Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration (CDMA), Telangana has launched a dedicated WhatsApp channel. It claims that this will help ease the process of tax payment for citizens across the region. The service will be free-to-use and the authority expects to use it as a source for up-to-date information about tax dues.

People can send a ‘Hi’ to CDMA, Telangana’s official WhatsApp account on +91 90002 53342, to access these services and pay their taxes conveniently via a debit card, credit card or internet banking. The chatbot is currently available in English and Telugu, with CDMA working to add Urdu as an additional language soon.

The ‘CDMA, Telangana Property Tax Module’ is an automated ‘chatbot’ service which is aimed at enabling contactless transactions during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The WhatsApp-based service is also expected to significantly boost Tax collections.

Commenting on the initiative, Shri KT Rama Rao, Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Telangana, said, “Telangana is one of the fastest urbanizing states. With close to 20 lakh property tax assessments across urban local bodies, our citizens are still paying their taxes through POS machines, or citizen service centres. In line with our Digital Telangana Initiatives, we have introduced a citizen service on WhatsApp that has already yielded positive results and feedback. We would like to thank the WhatsApp team for their help in setting up this service. We will continue to add more services on CDMA’s WhatsApp chatbot to ensure these services remain resourceful to citizens.”

“We’re delighted to partner with CDMA, Telangana and support their efforts to promote a Digital India through impactful Government to Citizen (G2C) services on WhatsApp. Since the onset of the pandemic, WhatsApp has increasingly become a preferred platform for conversations not only between friends, businesses and customers but also between governments and citizens. We are humbled to see the many impactful ways in which WhatsApp is bringing value to the country,” said, Shivnath Thukral, Head of Public Policy, WhatsApp India.

CDMA, Telangana is also working towards leveraging WhatsApp to roll out services that will aid payment of water bills, and other day-to-day municipality services like applying for birth and death certificates, grievances, enabling a water connection, building permissions, trade licenses and more. The WhatsApp-based channel will provide citizens with all the information they need as well as a direct link to apply online for those services. The CDMA, Telangana will also aim to include critical information on COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Telangana on the account at an appropriate juncture.

Dedicated to supporting and bringing scale to G2C services, WhatsApp will continue to engage with the community, industry and government to drive such impactful programs. With the help of WhatsApp, the CDMA, Telangana aims to successfully provide a transparent, prompt and reliable channel to better connect with citizens and encourage digital inclusion.

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