Power of a Zila Parishad to impose taxes and fees

Subject to such maximum rates as the Government may prescribe, a Zila Parishad may levy :-

(a) a fee for licence for a fair or mela;

(b) water rate, where management for the supply of water for drinking, irrigation or any purpose is made by the Zila Parishad within its jurisdiction.

(c) surcharge-

(i) upto five per cent on stamp duty on sale of property in rural areas; and

(ii) upto a one per cent on the market fees referred to in Section 17 of the Rajasthan Agriculture Product Market Act, 1961 (Rajasthan Act No. 38 of 1961).