Gandhinagar, June 26 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has made a crucial decision aimed at advancing the interests of beneficiaries of government-assisted housing developed in the rural regions of the state.

The decision aims at an annual uniform rate of Rs 200, which will be levied as house tax assessment across the state from housing beneficiaries for houses built with government assistance under various schemes, including the Central Government's flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).

An annual house tax assessment rate of Rs 200 has been fixed for four years, starting from the current assessment cycle, for houses constructed with government assistance within the limits of all Gram Panchayats across the state, ...