MCD intensifies efforts to increase voting percentage in LS polls
The civic body has roped in various commercial establishments, offering discounts to voters who cast their votes, said MCD in an official statement on Tuesday.
A Bill to merge the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was introduced by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in the House. The Bill seeks to further amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.
The decision to merge the three MCDs was approved by the Union Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 22.
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Erstwhile, Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated into three municipal corporations including South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in the year 2011, as per Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act, 1911 (Delhi Act, 12 Of 2011).
Earlier, State Election Commissioner SK Srivastava informed that the Centre has deferred the announcement of polling dates for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election after the central government raised a few issues that are yet to be legally examined by the Election Commission.
He also informed that the Centre is planning to “unify” the three civic bodies and hence did not announce the poll schedule.
The trifurcation of the corporation was uneven in terms of the territorial divisions and revenue-generating the potential of each corporation. As a result, there was a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations, vis-a-vis their obligations.
The gap has widened over a period of time, increasing the financial difficulties of the three Municipal Corporations, leaving them incapacitated to make timely payment of salaries and retirement benefits to their employees and thereby creating serious impediments in maintaining civic services in Delhi.
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