Chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal on September 11 pitched for the industry's participation in making the
national capital a 'smart city' while stressing that departmental procedures
were being "simplified" by the AAP government to ensure "ease of
doing business".
"We talk of smart
cities. We talk of building 1,00, 200 smart cities. Let's make the nation's
capital a smart city first. I invite you all to participate... the government
will do its part with complete honesty," Kejriwal said at a Confederation
of Indian Industry event on September 11.
As an example of
efforts to make documentation and procedures simple and corruption-free, the CM
informed that the Delhi government will soon introduce
"self-attestation" and do away with the need of filing affidavits or
getting various certificates attested from officials of a specific rank. He
added that this measure would bring relief to the general public who have to go
through a tedious process of getting birth, death or marriage certificates
signed by officers of gazetted rank or MLAs.
"Let us believe
in our people. You (people) give us affidavits and go for self-certification.
You will see a complete paradigm shift in getting certificates in Delhi
soon," Kejriwal said.
The AAP government's
proposal in this regard, however, comes two months after the Centre decided to
do away with the need of filing affidavits from a gazetted officer or a notary
for a big chunk of government-related work and promote self-attestation of
documents instead.
Kejriwal also warned
traders against tax evasion. "We have put an end to routine VAT raids. But
the level of evasion is very high. In such cases, we will ensure punishment and
make an example out of such people," he said.
To facilitate business
in Delhi and prevent evasion of taxes, the Delhi government has decided to
introduce a new online form-Delhi Sugam-2-with effect from September 15. This
DS2 form has been introduced in place of T-2 form.
Source: Magicbricks
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