By Admin 
There is news of great relief for lakhs of property taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh has appealed to take maximum benefit of the property tax settlement scheme ‘Sunio’ for the year 2025–26. Under this scheme, an opportunity is being given to get complete relief from old outstanding taxes, interest and penalties.
What is Sunio Scheme and who will get the benefit?
The Mayor said that under the Sunio scheme, the entire interest and penalty on property tax for the period before the financial year 2020–21 is being waived. For this, taxpayers will have to deposit the basic tax amount only for the current financial year 2025–26 and the preceding five financial years i.e. from 2020–21 to 2024–25. There will be no interest or penalty on this amount.
Opportunity to avail benefits till 31 January 2026
Keeping in mind the convenience of the taxpayers, Delhi Municipal Corporation has extended the deadline of Sunio Scheme till January 31, 2026. However, if payment is made after the stipulated period, a late fee of 5 percent will be applicable. The corporation believes that with this more and more people will be able to take advantage of this scheme.
Mayor’s direct appeal to taxpayers
Mayor Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh said that this is a golden opportunity for property owners. He appealed to all the taxpayers to settle their old dues without any interest and penalty and cooperate with the corporation.
Effect of Sunio scheme visible in tax collection
The Mayor said that citizens are participating enthusiastically in this scheme. Till December 31, 2025, a total of 1,66,587 taxpayers have availed the benefit of Sunio scheme. A total property tax of Rs 803.61 crore has been collected from these taxpayers. According to the data, tax of Rs 188.28 crore has been collected from 1,20,157 residential properties. At the same time, property tax of Rs 615.32 crore has come into the corporation’s account from 46,430 non-residential properties. It is clear from this that participation of commercial properties has also been very important.
Big increase in the number of first time tax payers
The Mayor said that 90,139 new taxpayers have paid property tax for the first time by taking advantage of the Sunio scheme. Tax collection of Rs 312.45 crore has been done from these new taxpayers, which shows the success of the scheme.
Record increase in total tax collection
In the current financial year, including Sunio scheme, a total property tax collection of Rs 2,642.80 crore has been done till 31 December 2025. This amount has been received from 12,42,875 taxpayers. In the same period last year, tax collection of Rs 1,859.77 crore was made from 10,31,177 taxpayers. In this way, a significant increase of 42.1 percent has been recorded in tax collection and 20.52 percent in the number of taxpayers.
Better performance than last year
It is noteworthy that the total property tax collection in the entire financial year 2024–25 was Rs 2,132.29 crore, which was received from 11,33,161 taxpayers. Whereas the collection so far in the current financial year has far exceeded this figure.
Appeal to settle taxes on time
The Mayor appealed to all property tax payers to settle their outstanding property tax within the extended time limit of Sunio Scheme and take full advantage of this relief opportunity.
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