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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) connected Friday extended its one-time spot taxation amnesty strategy 2025-26, Sampattikar Niptaan Yojana (SUNIYO) till December 31, citing overwhelming effect from citizens.
Announcing the determination successful the House meeting, Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh said, “The SUNIYO strategy has received appreciation from taxpayers, which is wherefore we are extending it by 3 much months. This volition springiness much citizens the accidental to settee their dues.”
While the presumption stay unchanged, a 2% precocious interest volition present use connected main taxation amounts paid betwixt October 1 and December 31. The strategy offers a implicit waiver of involvement and penalties connected pending spot taxation dues anterior to 2020–21, provided taxpayers wide the main magnitude for the ongoing twelvemonth (2025–26) on with arrears from 2020–21 to 2024–25.
Since its rollout successful June, 1.16 lakh taxpayers person availed the scheme. Overall, MCD’s spot taxation postulation until September 23 successful this fiscal twelvemonth has touched ₹2,111.63 crore from 11.63 lakh taxpayers, which is simply a 22.5% emergence successful gross and an 18% summation successful the payer basal compared to the aforesaid play past year.
Protest implicit emergence successful malaria cases
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors attended the gathering wearing mosquito nets arsenic a protestation against the emergence successful dengue and malaria cases. Leader of the Opposition Ankush Narang said, “Delhi has recorded 36 caller malaria cases successful the past week alone, taking the full to 333, the highest successful 5 years. Dengue and chikungunya cases are besides rising, yet the BJP has nary wide strategy oregon campaign.”
Responding to the claim, the Mayor assured the House that preventive measures had been stepped up, including medicine stockpiling, fogging drives, and stricter tract inspections. “We are committed to protecting citizens and volition not tolerate negligence successful illness control,” helium said.
