UP level holding tax collection needs proper supervision

Proper supervision and monitoring has become an urgent task for enhancing the collection of holding tax in Union Parishad (UP) level for making the lowest tier local government body self-reliant, experts said at a participatory dialogue, styled 'Role of Holding Tax to Strengthen UP', in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. They viewed that own fund is the precondition to strengthen local government institutions and successful collection of holding tax could be the effective means of bolstering the own fund. The discussion’ was held at Regional Office of Mass-line Media Center (MMC) in the north-western divisional city. MMC and Local Government Journalists Forum (LGJF) jointly organised the programme in association with Citizens Voice for Improved Local Public Services (CVIPS) Project and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, according to a news agency.