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Urban Finance; User Charges; Property Tax; Revenue Potential; Expenditure Requirements; Service Delivery
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Are User Charges Underutilsed In Indian Cities? An Analysis For Delhi, Simanti Bandyopadhyay, Debraj Bagchi
Are User Charges Underutilsed In Indian Cities? An Analysis For Delhi, Simanti Bandyopadhyay, Debraj Bagchi
ICEPP Working Papers
The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had recommended certain measures in December 2011 to improve the revenues of the corporation and thereby narrow the existing budget gap. These included introduction of congestion and conservancy charges and revision of rates for parking fees, one time parking charges, fees from mobile towers and property taxes, thus mainly focusing on the augmentation of the non-tax revenues. However, due to social resistance and lack of political will, none of these recommendations were implemented. In this paper we have attempted to quantify the potential revenue gains that may have resulted had the recommendations …