Leader of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Tilak Raj Kataria on Thursday, called the passing of the fifth Delhi finance commission (DFC) a political stunt and called upon the Delhi government to implement the recommendations of the fourth DFC.

In a statement, he said that the Delhi government had not fully implemented the recommendations of the fourth finance commission as a result of which the three corporations had allegedly not received funds to the tune of ₹1,531 crore, accrued in 2012.

‘Action-taken report’

The ‘action-taken report’ on the recommendations of the fourth Delhi finance commission (DFC), states that Delhi government was unable to recommend its implementation because the Central government had rejected the fourth DFC report.

As a consequence, the existing devolution of funds to the municipal bodies, made for the period between 2011 to 2016, which was meant to be dictated by the fourth DFC, have been done according to recommendations of the third DFC and no recoveries will be affected, it added.