South Delhi civic body mayor seeks L-G’s intervention for release of Rs 549 crore dues from Delhi govt

The SDMC mayor wrote a letter to L-G Anil Baijal requesting him to pass the necessary directions to Delhi Government for release of an amount of Rs 549.62 crore.

South Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Anamika wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal requesting him to pass the necessary directions to Delhi Government for release of an amount of Rs 549.62 crore. This amount was recovered by the Delhi Government on account of retrospective implementation of 5th Delhi Finance Commission (DFC) in the year 2019-20 and 2020-21. During the financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21, the Delhi government had recovered Rs 263.45 crore and Rs 285.39 crore to this account respectively from the due grant of basic tax assignment (BTA) to SDMC. The total amount recovered so far is 549.62 crore. This is beyond the approval given by the Legislative Assembly.