He said that the national capital is the face of the country, but today the Municipal Corporations of Delhi are facing acute shortage of funds and are not able to maintain the cleanliness and development in the capital. Therefore, funds should be provided to the municipal corporations of Delhi like other states.
The Dy CM said that we have written a separate letter to the Home Minister requesting to provide central assistance of 1,925 crores to Delhi. He further said that there are wide discrepancies in the allocation of funds to Delhi, which should be removed by the Central Government. The Deputy Chief Minister said that Kejriwal has brought the government's e-vehicle policy to remove Delhi's pollution. But it will be successful only if we make more and more charging points. But as DDA has land and will be able to establish charging points. So the central government should support DDA with funds for the same.
The Fifteenth Finance Commission allocated grant-in-aid of Rs 4,36,361 crore for the local bodies for the award period 2021-2026. But the local bodies of NCT of Delhi were omitted from this, on the principle that only states are covered under the award scheme. The omission of the local bodies of Delhi by the Union Finance Commission on technical grounds does not help the constitutional mandate of strengthening the local bodies, said Shri Manish Sisodia.
Being a Union Territory Delhi does not get any fair share in central taxes from the Finance Commission and this policy by the central government has not been changed since the past 21 years. Government of NCT of Delhi is only getting a fixed amount of Rs. 325 crore per annum in lieu of share in central taxes since 2001-02 while all other states get an enhanced share in central taxes every year, said Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
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