New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday announced that all properties under its jurisdiction will be geo-tagged in the 2024-25 financial year for ease in collecting property tax.

The exercise will mandate the uploading the photographs of properties, which users can also do themselves, through a mobile app or through the NDMC website, the council added.

The announcement was among a slew of proposals that NDMC made in its budget estimates for 2024-25, pegged at Rs.5,070 crore - the first time that the estimate has crossed the Rs.5,000-crore mark.

The council recorded a surplus of over Rs.300 crores in the financial year 2022-23.

"In our budget for 2024-25, the total expenditure is more than our revised ...