With minimal political pressure till the municipal elections are held, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is using it as a window to hike taxes and improve its finances.
Two months after the amalgamation, it has increased taxes on multiple fronts including house tax, health business license, transfer fee, community hall booking. The latest is a 15% increase in trade and warehousing license fees – applicable for general merchandise, warehouses, showrooms, warehouses and cold storage – every three years, which was announced two weeks ago. In order to maintain the post-merger homogeneity, it has taken the rate of East South MCD as the basis, which was the highest in most of the cases.
The new property tax rate for residential, commercial and institutional properties is applicable from July 16. Under this, 1% education cess will be a marginal increase in the amount payable for properties in North and East Delhi. Similarly, the health business license rate has also increased.
MCD sources said that in the coming days, the civic body is planning to increase its tax net and levy tax in unauthorized colonies and villages as well. “Property tax has not been raised for decades, even though people’s earnings from rented properties have increased. If MCD is ensuring cleanliness of an area, maintenance of parks, pruning is done, why should property tax not be paid, which is nominal? A senior MCD official said.
Thereafter, it is also being ensured that the segregation of waste is implemented properly. Delhi LG VK Saxena has already indicated in this direction by announcing that societies and RWAs engaged in waste segregation, decentralized processing, recycling and reuse will be exempted from property tax. “It is a phase of awareness, encouragement and encouragement, after which the corporation will take strict action,” the official said.
“It is true that due to political pressure, we have not been able to implement some of these measures. Also, to ensure that people are not burdened, the increase is modest,” he said.
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a senior BJP The leader said such proposals were rejected earlier, but now there is a certain freedom that is being used to raise taxes. “But after all if you don’t have funds, you need money. We couldn’t do much because of Delhi elections every year. But MCD should ensure that only those taxes should be increased for years. has not grown,” he said.
Hitting out at the BJP, former Leader of Opposition and AAP leader Vikas Goel said it was using it as an opportunity to burden the people: “People still know that it is the BJP which is running the MCD from behind. Is.”