NEW DELHI: Opt for Covid-19
vaccination if you live in north Delhi and your municipal corporation could give you a
5% rebate on the annual property tax.
North Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor
Jai Prakash said on Monday that if all the eligible members of a household got inoculated, it would be allowed the rebate over and above other rebates being offered for amnesty and early filing of property taxes.
“I have directed the department concerned to prepare a detailed policy in this regard. It should be approved shortly,” the mayor said. There are around 10 lakh households registered under the unique property identification system in the six zones of the
north corporation. Around 4.23 lakh housing units paid property tax in 2020-21. The municipal corporation officials say that the vaccination incentive could also help widen the tax net.
The mayor said that family members meeting the central government norms would have to show vaccination proof to avail the rebate. The municipal corporation already provides 15% tax rebate for filing of property tax returns before June. “Residents can therefore avail a total tax rebate of 20% if the family gets vaccinated and files taxes early,” Jai Prakash explained.
A similar measure is also under consideration in SDMC, according to leader of the House Narendra Chawla.
The north corporation has vaccination centres at 44 dispensaries and four hospitals, where 66,195 people had been vaccinated so far. Data from the civic body till Sunday shows that 7,668 people received the jab at Hindu Rao Hospital, 3,088 in Kasturba Hospital, 3,709 in Girdharilal Hospital, 4,568 in Balak Ram Hospital, and 42,643 in the various dispensaries and mother & child welfare centres.
All the three corporations managed to increase their property tax collection in 2020-21 compared with the preceding year despite the pandemic affecting revenues. The north mayor disclosed that the civic body collected Rs 645 crore, which is almost 100 crore more than the last fiscal’s collection of Rs 548 crore. The number of taxpayers also increased under the north body, with 4.2 lakh people paying tax in 2020-21 against 4.18 last year. Jai Prakash revealed that around 48,000 taxpayers have availed the amnesty scheme, which was launched this January.