India, May 21 -- New Delhi

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will roll back the user charge component of the property tax, under which owners were required to pay an additional fee for garbage collection, and introduce a property tax amnesty scheme to help property owners settle past tax dues, MCD mayor Raja Iqbal Singh announced on Tuesday.

Singh, addressing a press conference alongside Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, said the decisions were taken after meeting with residents' welfare associations and citizens' groups at the party's state headquarters at Pant Marg.

Mayor Singh said that no additional user charge will be imposed for the 2025-26 fiscal, and blamed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for inconveniencing residents. "We he...