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Biratnagar Metropolitan City Launches Tax Collection Campaign 

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Biratnagar Metropolitan City Launches Tax Collection Campaign 
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January 13: As part of its campaign to increase internal income, Biratnagar Metropolitan City has held an orientation programme for ward members. 

With an objective to make tax collection crusade effective, the metropolitan city has made one member from every ward a focal person at the recommendation of ward executive committee.

Focal persons will have to play leading roles for tax increase for next four years. The metropolitan office imparted first phase of training and orientation to the focal persons.

“Focal persons will facilitate and coordinate to collect tax from business registration, business renewal, and individual income”, said Saroj Gautam, Head of the Revenue Department at the metropolis. Gautam said focal persons will be actively involved in tax collection campaign. 

At the orientation programme, Biratnagar’s Mayor Nagesh Koirala said that dream of Biratnagar’s development would not be possible without making adequate internal income.

“People’s desires for development are abundant. But, the source of income is limited. Thus, we have to increase our income anyhow to meet people’s expectations of development”, Koirala added.

Koirala says that they have launched tax collection campaign to make the city clean, well-managed, and developed with adequate budget. 

Deputy Mayor Silpa Nirala Karki stressed the need that focal persons should identify sources of tax in the wards. “Ward members have been appointed as focal persons as they know about the business registration and renewal and map pass for house construction”, said Karki.

Chief Administrative Officer Bishnu Prasad Koirala believes that metropolis will be able to meet the revenue target if focal persons work sincerely.

The metropolitan city is preparing to impart the second phase of orientation by subject experts to focal persons shortly. 

Biratnagar had collected revenue of Rs 490 million in the last fiscal year. The metropolis plans to collect the revenue of Rs 870 million in the current fiscal year. 

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