Who will pay taxes if MCD and Delhi Administration fail to act

I as a very humble citizen of Delhi and as a senior citizen ask on my bended knees and folded hands...What is the PUNISHMENT to a nominated or elected member of MCD or Delhi Vidhan Sabha who knowningly defy law and fail to pay value of land according to actual to actual usage. If a shop in DDA DEVELOPED AND MCD MAINTAINED MARKETS in Madhuvan, Preet Vihar or Nirman Vihar New Delhi 110092( to quote an example). is subdivided and for years, MCD PROPERTY WING , area councillor and MLA do not act... this shows action is born out of considerations not in public interest.So is the status of electricity theft and other degraded activities.

If a citizen raises voice, he is threatened to be eliminated or stabbed. This happend to me on last friday(26th march 2010). The driver saw two persons in auto rikshaw just near boundary wall of my home..asking my house number. When he asked the purpose...they just ran towards gate. I was going to attend a weekly meeting of our philosophy group around 4.30pm in ankur appartment.The driver on my return to home told my wife that the two persons in auto were taking rounds around a group of neighbouring houses. When our saw them or rather they saw driver...they enquired my house number.

Over a couple of years.. i have been raising issues like illegal taxi stands in Madhuvan and Preet Vihar and since then a couple of times i faced ire of affected persons. But you know ladies..since that very time my wife is confined to bed due to disturbed blood pressure. But you persons who raise such issues face threats, gets beaten up or get eliminated..but even then we go on persisting...hoping...hoping...Kabhi subh woh aigee...kabhee subh who aigee.

Friends...time is running out. Our respectable CM needs money for developmental works. The government needs money for COMMON WEALTH GAMES.Let this be the agenda of our next RWAS meeting.Hope our VOHRA JI IS LISTENING.

kk ghei

Vice President
Madhuvan
New Delhi 110092

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The purpose of launching of this blog is the interaction amongst the RWA's of Delhi as well to raise & highlighten the civic problems being faced by residents. We request to all the members that plz concentrate on these issues only.

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The role of RWA's in nation building

The members & office bearers of the RWA's are the persons who are willing to work for the society. They can spare some time out of the busy schedule and that's why they join the RWA. If allowed & authorised properly, the RWA's can play a vital role in nation building.

The planting of trees in localities, maintaining the parks, Educating the local residents about water harvesting, about Child Labour, Keeping an eye on civic problems to avoid spread of diseases in the localities, Spreading awareness for cleaning of water coolers regularly as well a lot more can be included in the activities of the local RWA's.

Only 25% of properties in Delhi are paying property tax. If taken in confidence, this figure can break the records with the help of the local RWA's. These can be used to keep an eye on the neighbourhood. These can also be used in managing the traffic at critical points. Members of these RWA's can be taken as SPO's, Traffic police monitors etc. They can also be included in the local committees formed by various authorities such as MCD, Electricity, Jal Board etc.

But it depends upon the Government policies that how much use they want to take out of these local RWA's. In any case, there is least doubt in saying that these RWA's can play a vital role in nation building.

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From April 1, pay more for driving on toll roads

NEW DELHI: High inflation rate is set to make your travel expensive on tolled highways from April 1. As per revised toll notifications issued by NHAI for about two dozen sections of national highways, the increase in toll rate per km for the year 2010-11 is approximately double than the average increase in the past two years.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which revised toll rates for 23 NH stretches across the country on Tuesday, fixed the per km user fee for cars at 76 paise, five paise more than that last year.

Interestingly, a comparison of the increase in toll fee shows that between 2007-08 and 2009-10 the user charge went up from 65 paise to 71 paise.

"But this year the revised toll fee is higher due to steep increase in the wholesale price index (WPI). The WPI impacted an increase of toll by 7%, which is significant," said an NHAI official.

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A meeting of the RWA's of Delhi East Dist.

We are pleased to inform that we are on the way for A Meeting of the RWA's of Delhi East District. The purpose of the meeting will be interaction of RWA's as well to share the civic problems of the respective areas. We will try to invite the local elected representatives as well the media.

The meeting in no case will be allowed, to settle scores on political grounds. Instead it will be a honest effort to highlighten our problems through the RWA community. The participating members will strictly be above the party levels. Two persons from any RWA can attend this meeting.

The detailed schedule will be intimated shortly, though the meeting is expected to be held in the month of April End. Those willing to attend this meeting must confirm the participation by a mail with complete contact details to rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

We will be pleased to have your suggestions in this regard. The subscribers of our blog can also attend the meeting.

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Delhi Govt. Rolls Back Cooking Gas Hike By Rs.15, VAT On CNG

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi on Monday announced a roll back of hike in LPG cylinders' prices by Rs.15 and the value added tax (VAT) on compressed natural gas (CNG).

The Delhi Government had earlier withdrawn the subsidy of Rs.40 on LPG cylinders and levied a five percent VAT on CNG.

It means that the price of LPG gas cylinders will now increase by Rs. 25 and can be purchased at Rs 307.80 per unit by general public in Delhi.

On March 22, announcing the budget, Delhi Finance Minister A. K. Walia had said that the withdrawal of subsidy on LPG and enhancement in VAT rates were necessitated by the increased expenditure on infrastructural projects related to Commonwealth Games 2010.

The Delhi Government had removed the current subsidy of Rs. 40 on the LPG, which would have led to increase in prices up to Rs 322.80 per gas cylinder.

Walia had said that the withdrawal of subsidy would have relieved the State Government of a burden of Rs 160 to Rs 170 crore per annum.

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MCD To Start Its Own Dog Sterilisation Unit

To check the everincreasing stray canine popu- lation in Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to open its own dog sterilisation centre.

"The increasing number of stray dogs on Delhi roads is a perennial problem. We are now planning a centre which will be run by our vet- erinary department," Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra said.

The civic body has iden- tified 30 acres of MCD land in Mukundpur in north- west Delhi for the centre, which, it hopes will come up before the Games..

Officials said the stray dog population in the city has been increasing despite sterilisation measures. A dog census carried out by NGO Wildlife SOS on behalf of MCD last year had put the number of street dogs in the city at 2.62 lakh and the den- sity of stray dogs at nearly five per km.

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Your Cell Bill Likely To Rise By 2% Soon

Telecom Ministry Proposes Cess For Telecom Equipment Industry

INDIA'S 560-million cellphone users will have to pay an extra 2% of their bill amount as R&D cess to boost the telecom equipment industry if the government accepts a communications ministry proposal. Mobile phone users currently pay 12% service tax and 2% education cess on their bills.

The telecom department first floated this proposal in 2006, but did not press for implementation. It now wants to revive this option of imposing an R&D cess, an internal department note said. This is part of a 14-point strategy that the Department of Telecom (DoT) is advocating to transform India to a telecom manufacturing hub.

"It is estimated that the requirement of telecom equipment would be over Rs 5,00,000 crore till 2015," the department's internal note said, adding, "However, despite the growth of market many folds, share of indigenous equipment has fallen down from 74% on 2003-04 to 30% in 2008-09."

Some of the 14-point turnaround strategies have been implemented over the last few months. For instance, last week, the government issued a directive mandating foreign gearmakers to manufacture core telecom equipment locally or mandatorily transfer technology to Indian manufacturers within a three-year period.

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'Only 25 Percent Properties In Delhi Pay Tax'

Only 25 percent of the properties in the national capital are paying property tax, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) told the Central Information Commission (CIC), which has termed the revelation 'startling'.

The revelation was made during a hearing of an appeal filed by an RTI applicant, Naved Ahmed, who sought information regarding property tax of a particular property in Okhla village.

Municipalities levy tax on properties within their jurisdiction on the basis of their value. It is a major source of income for the civic agency.

'The respondent (MCD) states that until 2004, the property tax department used to send bills to the owners of property.... After 2004, when self-assessment scheme was implemented, the MCD has not been able to clearly identify which properties have paid property tax,' noted information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi in his order dated March 25.

'The respondent admits that whereas there are about 40 lakh (four million) properties in Delhi, only about nine lakh pay property tax. This is indeed a startling revelation and if the city taxes less than 25 percent of properties it is a very sad comment on the way it is being administered,' he added.

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Unfinished Roads Turn Speed Bumps In Commonwealth Games Countdown

IT'S A race against time with the Commonwealth Games less than 200 days away, and organisers are scorching the asphalt in the final dash for deadlines.
But the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) project to redevelop 19 major roads around venues for the mega event is hardly off the starting blocks.

Will these roads be ready for Games?

The civic authority's own internal work records show that at an average only about 10 per cent work is complete on all these key stretches.

MAIL TODAY is in possession of a copy of the MCD progress report till February 2010. A sizeable amount of Rs 153 crore is being lavished on these roads for that runway-smooth ride and installation of elegant street furniture. Beautification involves a thorough revamp of footpaths, central verges and streetlights as well as the use of durable bitumen to relay the roads.

But in keeping with its past track record, the MCD has not been able to move beyond the initial stages on most of these link road projects despite starting months ago. In fact, work on some stretches is just 1 per cent complete.

AT A CRAWL Sample this. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is the main venue for the opening and closing ceremonies.

LONG-WINDED PROCEDURE
* THIS IS HOW THE CIVIC BODY EXECUTES A PROJECT
STEP1:MCD makes estimates of different projects
STEP2: Approval of the estimates goes to the chief engineer
STEP3: Projects comes up before standing committee meeting for approval
STEP4: Projects are discussed in the MCD House
STEP5:Tenders are floated
STEP6: Bidding is done
STEP7:Contractors are finalized and projects awarded

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1,398 Acres Illegally Occupied

DDA Draws Up Its First Estimate Of Encroachment In City

In a first of its kind exercise, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has made an estimate of how much of its land is under encroachment. The figure comes to around 1,398.53 acres, the maximum being in east zone. While unauthorised colonies have taken up the bulk of such land, slums come a distant second followed by commercial and religious encroachments.

The exercise was undertaken in November last year after The Times of India carried a report on how slums had mushroomed on DDA land valued around Rs 200 crore in posh Vasant Vihar locality and even on adjacent forest land. DDA's newly-appointed officials on special duty for land protection had undertaken the survey. The officials all of them ex-servicemen were appointed in July last year to remove encroachments on DDA land and to check the menace.

The total land under encroachment in east Delhi was 679.84 acres, of which, 545.59 acres was occupied by unauthorised colonies. The biggest chunk of land that had been illegally occupied after east Delhi was in north zone where a total of 130.06 acres was under slum clusters.

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