Penalty Rates

Introduction

The penalty is defined as an amount which is charged to the citizen in violation of any rule. There would be multiple penalties defined associated with different rules and acts. Penalty rate decides on how and what amount to be calculated for a penalty.

Within DIGIT, the calculation of the penalty amount is configurable at both the State & ULB level.

Data Table

Sr. No.	Penalty Head	*Penalty Rate (In % )	Minimum Penalty Amount	*Flat Amount	*From Financial Year	*Start Date
1	Late assessment	12.5	1000	500	2019-20	01-04-2019
2	Unauthorized Construction	100	5000	5000	2019-20	01-04-2019

Procedure

Data Definition

Sr. No.

Column Name

Data Type

Data Size

Is Mandatory?

Description

Penalty Rate

Decimal

(12,2)

Yes

The Penalty charged by percentage

Min Penalty Amount

Decimal

(12,2)

The Minimum amount charged as penalty

Flat Amount

Decimal

(12,2)

Yes

The pre-decided amount that must be charged as penalty on the amount

From Financial Year

Decimal

(12,2)

Yes

The year from which the penalty rate begins

Penalty Start Date

Decimal

(12,2)

Yes

The Date from which the penalty amount will be applicable within a financial year

Steps to fill Data

Download the data template attached to this page.
Get a good understanding of all the headers in the template sheet, their data type, size, and definitions by referring to the ‘Data Definition’ section of this document.
In case of any doubt, please reach out to the person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.
Identify all the different types of penalty amounts (by percentage/ by a flat amount) etc and fill them in the provided columns respectively.
Fill in the details of the financial year/ date from which the type of defined penalties will be applicable.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed one the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.