Hike in property tax, levying professional tax, redeveloping an old mart and pedestrianisation of streets in market areas lacking parking facilities were proposed by the BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation in its budget.
South Delhi Municipal Commissioner Puneet Kumar Goel said this while presenting the SDMC's revised budget estimates for 2018-19 and budget estimates for the year 2019-20 at the Civic Centre.
"We plan to increase the earnings of the corporation through various avenues, and one of them is hiking of property tax, which we have proposed in the budget. There is also a provision to levy a professional tax for the year 2019-20, from which an income of Rs 30 crore is expected for that year," Goel said.
Among other proposals, the commissioner also proposed to provide one-time rebate on payment of property tax at a rate of 10 percent instead of 15 percent. The budget has also proposed a one percent education cess.
Other proposals include redevelopment of the Meherchand Market, an upscale commercial zone in Lodhi Colony, and pedestrianisation of streets in market areas which lack parking facilities.
"The redevelopment plan of the Meherchand Market has been sent to the technical committee of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)," Goel said.
The focus in the budget this year is on education and public health, besides completing projects proposed earlier, including 20 new automated multi-levels parking at different places, the commissioner said.
The commissioner added that 26 sentinel hospitals had been identified for monitoring vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya.
Courtesy/By: Shubham Mathur
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06 Dec 2018
