MCD to turn to pvt players to widen tax net

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is set to engage private operators to help identify properties that remain outside the tax net in a bid to augment its property tax revenue, officials familiar with the civic body’s plan said on Tuesday.

- Paras Singh

A senior MCD official said that a request for proposal (RFP) has been nearly finalised and will be floated in the coming weeks to select agencies that demand the lowest share of revenue. The official added said such a model has been tested by civic agencies in Odisha and Jodhpur and is being adapted to Delhi's context.

Under the proposed model, private firms will survey the city to locate untaxed properties. Once identified, the civic body will share a portion of the tax collected from these units with the operator.