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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday invited captains of industry to invest in Delhi to modernise it on the lines of New York, London and Washington.
Bolstered by his historic victory, Kejriwal made a slew of promises: Making Delhi among the top five destinations for ease of doing business, eradicating corruption to rank it among the top five on the transparency index.
Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry annual meet, Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP-led Centre for starving Delhi of its rightful share in central taxes. “This is wrong, Centre gives us nothing. Delhi coughs up Rs 65,000 crore by way of income tax and sales tax, but gets only Rs 325 crore.”
While insisting on “talking only governance”, the chief minister had nothing to say of the ongoing tussle with the municipal corporations in the national capital, which had brought the civic work in the city to a standstill. His government has made it clear that the Centre should bail the corporations out, as the Delhi government had no funds to spare.
Demanding a share in central taxes, Kejriwal said Delhi is not included in the Terms of Reference of the Finance Commission and hence does not get any share. Dismissing the notion that the Delhi government was at “loggerheads" with the Centre, the civic agencies, the power companies; Kejriwal stressed, “We have constitutional rights and its not a turf war. There will be a difference of opinion, which will be sorted out.
“We want to promote private businesses and want the private sector to play a huge role.”
He said industry and CII could step in with concrete proposals and studies on curbing pollution, garbage removal, laying of sewage and water supply. He also appealed to the industry to contribute their corporate social responsibility funds to set up schools and hospitals.
Giving industry an insight into his “novel” method of Budget preparation exercise for 2015-16 to be presented in June, Kejriwal said, direct interactions will be held with the public in 12 select constituencies. The public will decide what projects need to be taken up amounting to Rs 50 lakh, thereby bringing in decentralisation of administration. Besides, the government would study functioning of about 70 departments and the necessity and viability of running them.
The public will be invited through advertisements to give in their ideas for development of the city and the select ones will be asked to come in and make presentations from May 11 to May 20.
To incentivise bureaucrats, DANICS and IAS officers, who wish to be considered for the post of Vat and Excise commissioners, will have to propose a quarterly milestone and how they intend to achieve it. The candidate will be selected based on the blueprint presented by him.
KEJRIWALSPEAK
Bolstered by his historic victory, Kejriwal made a slew of promises: Making Delhi among the top five destinations for ease of doing business, eradicating corruption to rank it among the top five on the transparency index.
Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry annual meet, Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP-led Centre for starving Delhi of its rightful share in central taxes. “This is wrong, Centre gives us nothing. Delhi coughs up Rs 65,000 crore by way of income tax and sales tax, but gets only Rs 325 crore.”
While insisting on “talking only governance”, the chief minister had nothing to say of the ongoing tussle with the municipal corporations in the national capital, which had brought the civic work in the city to a standstill. His government has made it clear that the Centre should bail the corporations out, as the Delhi government had no funds to spare.
Demanding a share in central taxes, Kejriwal said Delhi is not included in the Terms of Reference of the Finance Commission and hence does not get any share. Dismissing the notion that the Delhi government was at “loggerheads" with the Centre, the civic agencies, the power companies; Kejriwal stressed, “We have constitutional rights and its not a turf war. There will be a difference of opinion, which will be sorted out.
“We want to promote private businesses and want the private sector to play a huge role.”
He said industry and CII could step in with concrete proposals and studies on curbing pollution, garbage removal, laying of sewage and water supply. He also appealed to the industry to contribute their corporate social responsibility funds to set up schools and hospitals.
Giving industry an insight into his “novel” method of Budget preparation exercise for 2015-16 to be presented in June, Kejriwal said, direct interactions will be held with the public in 12 select constituencies. The public will decide what projects need to be taken up amounting to Rs 50 lakh, thereby bringing in decentralisation of administration. Besides, the government would study functioning of about 70 departments and the necessity and viability of running them.
The public will be invited through advertisements to give in their ideas for development of the city and the select ones will be asked to come in and make presentations from May 11 to May 20.
To incentivise bureaucrats, DANICS and IAS officers, who wish to be considered for the post of Vat and Excise commissioners, will have to propose a quarterly milestone and how they intend to achieve it. The candidate will be selected based on the blueprint presented by him.
KEJRIWALSPEAK
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The 70-odd government departments will have to justify their existence
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To incentivise bureaucrats’ performance, allowance to be given if annual targets are achieved
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No political interference in functioning
- Public will be invited to make presentations to Delhi government and ministers
