Even after two-and-a-half years since civic polls, the BJP and Shiv Sena have failed to implement the poll promise of zero property tax in flats measuring up to 500 sqft. Congress and NCP, on the other hand, have promised a property tax waiver for the whole state.

The state government amended the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act,1888 in March this as per a BMC proposal for the waiver. However, the government resolution only amended section 140 (C) of the Act which caters to the general tax component. A general tax is merely 10 per cent to 30 per cent of the total property tax whereas the other components such as water tax, stormwater drainage tax, BMC education cess, state education cess, employment guarantee cess, tree cess, road tax, etc remain in force.