MCG clocks 33% rise in revenue from billboards in 5 years, earns Rs 72 crore

GURUGRAM: MCG has earned Rs 72.17 crore as earnings from outdoor promoting in Gurugram during the last five years, between 2012-13 and 2016-17.
In 2016-17, the whole promoting earnings earned was Rs 16.07 crore, an increase of round 33% over 2012-13, when it was Rs 12.01 crore.

These were printed in a Haryana Vidhan Sabha meeting held to check various MCG construction works December 13 in Gurugram.

The figures though showed promoting revenues had dropped to round Rs 7 crore in 2015-16, round the similar time when the litigation to scrutinise the policy began. Between 2016, when the Haryana Municipal Corporation commercial by-laws were added to the policy and now, multiple amendments had been made. The ultimate by-laws are lately being discussed.

“As soon as the state approves the commercial by-laws, contracts will probably be allocated via e-tendering,” mentioned a senior MCG official. The numbers were printed in a respond to enquires through the Haryana Vidhan Sabha committee on Panchayati Raj and concrete local our bodies, into MCG’s promoting earnings and policies. Among different things, the committee had asked for main points on the much-talked-about MCG belongings rip-off.


A response in this regard has also been submitted to the committee, giving main points of the current standing of the case. “We mentioned out of the whole 94 instances, we’ve recovered belongings taxes from 87 homeowners. In addition, Gurugram police sought main points on the process, which we have now furnished,” he added.


TOI had previous reported that the Vidhan Sabha committee had asked MCG to submit an in depth file on the MCG belongings tax rip-off, by which some MCG officials had conspired to allow some belongings homeowners to pay decrease belongings taxes.


The meeting also saw discussions on the new waste control plan, town bus carrier, MCG’s promoting policy, encroachments near the ammunition depot and the LED street-lighting undertaking. It was chaired through Ambala MLA Aseem Goel and attended through four different MLAs, together with Umesh Agarwal from Gurugram, as well as MCG officials and a mayoral staff.


MCG clocks 33% rise in revenue from billboards in 5 years, earns Rs 72 crore MCG clocks 33% rise in revenue from billboards in 5 years, earns Rs 72 crore Reviewed by Kailash on February 26, 2018 Rating: 5
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