Atishi demands ₹10,000 cr for infrastructure

AHEAD of the Union budget, Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Friday demanded the Centre to allocate 10,000 crore, less than 5 per cent of its 2.07 lakh crore income tax contribution made by Delhi last year, for developing infrastructure in the national capital.

- ANUP VERMA

She said that the government got nothing in return over the past year despite its income tax contribution of 2 lakh crore. Delhi also provided ₹25,000 crore as central GST to the pool of taxes, the minister said.

She said, "The people of Delhi expect that the development of state takes place accordingly. A part of the tax goes to the government, which includes the state's GST component, VAT, among others."