No funds marked for civic bodies: Delhi govt on budget

The Centre has "not earmarked any funds for civic bodies" in the national capital although we had requested for allocation of Rs 4,087 crore as part of the recommendations of the 14th Central Finance Commission, Delhi government today said.
The AAP-led city government and the BJP-ruled corporations have been at loggerheads for last several months over allocation of municipal funds.
The Arvind Kejriwal government has said that it has released "adequate funds" to the three corporations -- North, South and East Corporations, and asked them to seek more funds from the NDA government, based on recommendations of the 14th Central Finance Commission.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the budget for the year 2017-18.
In the Union budget, the government has "not earmarked any funds to local bodies, although we had requested for allocation of Rs 4,087 crore as local bodies grant... Derived by 14th Central Finance Commission for its award period of 2015-20," Delhi government said in a statement.
"Centre is providing basic and performance grants to local bodies in all states. However, local bodies in Delhi are not getting any support from the government of India although we (Delhi government) are providing 10.5 per cent of our annual tax collection to the local bodies," it said.

Of the three corporations, barring SDMC, both NDMC and EDMC are cash-strapped. Municipal elections are due this year and issue of funds is likely to become a poll plank.