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Originally Posted by prabuddhadg Even individual registration seems to have become quite expensive in Mumbai, at least. Any idea what the basis for calculation is? |
It is now 7% of the car value. For companies it is 21%. Added to that is octroi at 5.5% (not 4.5% as stated by GTO). And for all this look at the road and traffic conditions we have to put up with. One day recently, all of a sudden (maybe due to navratri - but it was only 5:45 pm) they decided to ban the U turn at Cadbury, Mahalaxmi. Added to that they turned off the signals and allowed very few cars from breach candy to go north. They also closed the U turn further ahead and at Gamadia Rd and Benzer. Can you imagine the chaos? I finally turned into gamadia rd took a U and made it back towards north. This entire exercise took 1 hour. After that the road was fairly clear. God help any poor soul who wanted to get emergency treatment at breach candy hospital.
Now this is what we have to deal with after paying such huge taxes.
Apparently from this 7%, the state govt. does not give anything to the municipalities for road maintenance. They are only supposed to maintain state roads / highways. And we know the pathetic conditions those are in. The Bombay High Court is going after the BMC but with all due respect I wish to ask them - what about the rest of the State?
Edit: Oh and I forgot about the absurdly high sales tax and cess on fuels that the govt. bodies collect.