HDFC Bank has signed an agreement with Himachal urban development and town and country planning departments and the HP Tourism Development Corporation for launching online services to facilitate easy payment s of property tax through the bank’s payment gateway as well as online booking of HPTDC hotels and Volvo bus services. The bookings can be done on mobiles as well. The residents of the state would be able to make their property tax payments online in a quick and convenient manner and also allow people who had moved out of the city to make their payments in a timely manner from their homes or offices. The urban development department would use HDFC Bank Payment Gateway for online collection of house-property tax and water bills for all the urban local bodies. Similarly, the department of town and country planning will use this gateway for online collection of fees and other receipts for all the planning areas in the state. The bank will provide POS facilities at hotels, smartbuy for selling/hosting hotel room and Volvo bus ticket offers, payment gateway for making online booking, and PayZapp integration with the mobile app of HPTDC.
