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The Department of Revenue and Land Survey is a government department under Government of Kerala that manages all government owned lands and decides land use policies in the Indian state of Kerala. The department is also a government agency, deriving various taxes on land, as well as lease amounts from various government lands, which are ...
A revenue division is positioned below the district and encompasses several taluks within its administrative purview. Each revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer or a Sub Collector, who is also the Sub-divisional magistrate and assisted by Senior Superintendent among others. [1] Administrative map of Kerala
In India states earn revenue through own taxes, central taxes, non-taxes and central grants. [1] For most states, own taxes form the largest part of the total state revenue. [1] Taxes as per the state list includes land revenue, taxes on agricultural income, electricity duty, luxury tax, entertainment tax and stamp duty. [2]
Kerala State has been divided into 14 districts, 27 revenue divisions, 78 taluks, 152 community development blocks, and 1664 revenue villages. Revenue administration [ edit ]
In 2000, it had 77% of the capital volume of the chit fund business in Kerala, though just 37.5% of the number of chit funds. [4] Types of KSFE chitty schemes. Regular Chitty : In regular chits one person can bid per month. The maximum auction discount is 30 percent. For example, in a chit of 1 lakh, up to Rs. 30,000 will be reduced.
The Indian state of Kerala borders with the states of Tamil Nadu on the south and east, Karnataka on the north and the Arabian Sea coastline on the west. The Western Ghats, bordering the eastern boundary of the State, form an almost continuous mountain wall, except near Palakkad where there is a natural mountain pass known as the Palakkad Gap.
The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi.In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in Indian subcontinent, which got dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in 18th century. [2]
The British Resident and Dewan, John Munro and Rani Lakshmi Bai, as part of their reform and modernization of Kerala's administration between 1811 and 1814, had framed some of the major departments of the Secretariat like Finance, Revenue, Police, etc. A Peshkar (Secretary of the State) was appointed to manage state finances.