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Will move court for 'due share' in central taxes revenue: Kejriwal

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

today said that the government would move court for its "due share" in the central taxes revenue and then split the funds it gets with cash-strapped MCDs.

The said that residents pay Rs 1.5 lakh crore income tax which is the "highest" among other states in the country, but when it comes to fund sharing, does not get anything.

"Delhi's people pay Rs.1.5 lakh crore in income tax. But, when it comes to the Centre's new Commission, Delhi's name is not in the list of states," Kejriwal said.

"is neither a Union territory nor a state when it comes to getting funds from the central government," he alleged.

Kejriwal said the Centre had constituted a commission for the devolution of taxes among the states.

"The list that the central government has given to the central commission for the distribution of taxes among the states, does not feature the name of Delhi," he said.

Participating in a discussion on "hardships" being faced by sanitation workers due to non-regularisation of their services in the Assembly, Kejriwal said that for releasing funds, was neither being treated as a state nor as a Union territory.

"If it was a UT, then the Centre should give the entire Budget (Rs 52,000 crore in 2018-2019), otherwise, should be included in the list of states," he said.

"We will go to the Supreme Court," the said.

He said that if the government receives additional funds from central taxes revenue, it would share half of the funds with the cash-strapped BJP-led municipal corporation.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Wed, April 04 2018. 23:00 IST
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