With an aim to improve its financial health, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to collect tax from major commercial establishments located in unauthorised colony areas of the national capital.
According to the sources, there is hardly any tax collection from unauthorised colony areas. So the civic body is considering to tap big commercial properties in such localities and collect tax from them. They said any formal proposal in this connection is yet to be moved but the plan is under discussion at MCD meetings on financial issues.
Sources in the MCD said that the civic body is planning to widen its tax net to boost revenue generation, under which it is also likely to review its property tax collection system in a way that could not put burden on people.
He said currently the property tax collection from unauthorised colony is almost negligible despite the fact that the civic body provides basic amenities like sanitation in these areas.
“Instead of troubling common people living in unauthorised colonies with property tax, we are planning to go after big commercial establishments for tax collection. These commercial establishments may include car and bike showrooms, supermarkets, hotels or restaurants etc. Such commercial establishments can pay property tax, which they should anyway pay as they use our services,” said the sources.
