India, May 6 -- While the state government and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have approved a 40% discount in property tax for Punekars residing in their own homes, the corporation failed to print the same on property tax bills for 2025-26, inviting the ire of citizens and civic activists.

Civic activist Vivek Velankar said, "We had put forth the demand that the 40% discount be printed on property tax bills and the same was accepted by the municipal commissioner and PMC staff. However, when I received my own property tax bill, I saw it did not have any such column."

"PMC officials are intentionally creating confusion among taxpayers. The PMC had all the information on its computers. It was not rocket science to print the discount on t...