New Delhi (23.03.2022): The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the unification bill paving way for the merger of three Delhi civic bodies -South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC),and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).
The Bill named ‘The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022’ is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the coming week and will unify the MCD by subsuming the existing three bodies.
It may be underlined that the erstwhile MCD was trifurcated into three civic bodies in 2011. Eventually, it turned out to be uneven in terms of the territorial divisions and revenue-generating potential of each corporation which led to a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations, vis-a-vis their obligations.
Later the parity gap among the three civic bodies widened creating further financial distress that led to delay in payment of salaries and retirement benefits to their employees and thereby creating serious impediments in maintaining civic services in Delhi. The Centre earlier postponed the announcement of the elections to the civic bodies hinting that these three bodies will be merged.
Merger of SDMC, NDMC & EDMC: Cabinet clears Unification Bill
By IndianMandarins - 2022-03-23 08:22:00
New Delhi (23.03.2022): The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the unification bill paving way for the merger of three Delhi civic bodies -South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC),and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).
The Bill named ‘The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022’ is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the coming week and will unify the MCD by subsuming the existing three bodies.
It may be underlined that the erstwhile MCD was trifurcated into three civic bodies in 2011. Eventually, it turned out to be uneven in terms of the territorial divisions and revenue-generating potential of each corporation which led to a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations, vis-a-vis their obligations.
Later the parity gap among the three civic bodies widened creating further financial distress that led to delay in payment of salaries and retirement benefits to their employees and thereby creating serious impediments in maintaining civic services in Delhi. The Centre earlier postponed the announcement of the elections to the civic bodies hinting that these three bodies will be merged.
