BENGALURU: The administrative reforms committee headed by former chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar has recommended a 1 per cent sports cess on property taxes across all urban local bodies in the state, apart from cess for unorganised workers from the sectors which they work in.
Having submitted its reforms report number 4 and 5, the three member committee has said: “...it is suggested that the department of youth empowerment and sports prepare proposals for amending the BBMP Act, the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, the Karnataka Municipalities Act and the Karnataka GS and PR Act (e.g. Sec 143 (1) of BBMP Act 2020, Sec.200 of KPR Act) to insert a provision to levy sports cess as a percentage, say 1%, of the property tax.”
The committee justified the recommendations on the “insufficient” funds in the DYES department which is leading to a mushrooming of private playfields and sports facilities which are “charging exorbitant user fees”.
