New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) has planned to bring new trades like shopping malls and gyms under the purview of its licencing policy and making the system of issuing and renewing of licence more easy, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said today.
Asserting that since the enactment of the DMC Act in 1957 trade profile of Delhi has undergone vast transformation and several new trades and goods have come into existence, Dr Sain proposed to bring in new trades and goods under Trade and Storage policy.
These include trade and storage activities pertaining to computers and computers peripherals, branded shops in malls, branded eateries, home appliances, furnishings, mobiles, saloons and spa services, financial service offices and branded gyms.
''These new trades enjoy all the benefits and services which all other licence holders get and are also running a profit making business, so we have decided to bring them under the licence policy,'' the Mayor said.
Observing that the traders find the procedure for obtaining a licence cumbersome and time-consuming resulting in to hesitance to obtain one, he asserted that the new system will be ''simple, convenient, time saving and trader-friendly''.
''The licence will be readied and issued to the person concerned within 30 days of submission of the documents. Any anomaly, if found, in the documents, will be communicated to the applicant within 15 days of receipt of the application,'' Dr Sain said.
He said the applicant would also be issued a provisional certificate at the time of submission of applications which will allow him to carry on the business.
It has also planned to simplify the procedure of licence renewal by making it automatic. ''The licence will be automatically renewed unless there is violation of licencing terms and conditions,'' the Mayor said.
The MCD has also decided not to levy penalty on the arrears, which are to be calculated from the date of establishment of the premises.
There are around eight lakh traders out of which only 55 thousand are registered with the MCD causing a loss of revenue to the civic body to the tune of Rs 100 crore.
''With the introduction of the new system, the MCD is likely to generate additional revenue of up to Rs 100 crore per annum,'' Dr Sain informed.
The civic agency has also planned to grant a unique Customer Relationship Number (CRN) to all the registered traders and all future records will be kept against the same number.
New licences would be in the format of a Biocryptic Bar Coded Certificate and all the licencing units would have to mandatorily display the Certificate, he said.
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