Mumbai, August 26: The Maharashtra government today decided to scrap octroi in 15 ‘D’ class municipal corporations in the state and substitute it with local cess.
The decision would be with effect from April 1 next year, an official said after a Cabinet meeting here.
The municipal corporations include Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi, Mira-Bhayander, Malegaon, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Akola, Amravati, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar and Dhule.
The then Finance Minister Jayant Patil had announced in the Legislature in March last year that octroi in these 15 civic bodies would be scrapped.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to implement Sixth Pay panel implementations for municipal council employees in the state.
—Agencies