Delhi's 2011 trifurcation failed to improve service delivery

It aims to address financial difficulties and service delivery issues caused by the previous split by creating a unified body with better resource management.

Who it concerns: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (the unified body), the erstwhile North, South, and East Delhi Municipal Corporations (which are subsumed), their officers and employees, and the Central Government (which gains specific powers over seat determination and transitional matters).

What the bill does

• Merges North, South, and East Delhi Municipal Corporations into a single 'Municipal Corporation of Delhi'.
• Transfers all officers and employees of the three former corporations to the new unified corporation.
• Transfers all movable and immovable properties, rights, and liabilities of the former corporations to the new corporation.
• Continues existing contracts, pending legal proceedings, and previous rules/bye-laws under the new corporation.
• Empowers the Central Government to determine the total number of councillor seats (capped at 250) and the number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes based on census data.
• Allows the Central Government to appoint a 'Special Officer' to manage the corporation until the first meeting of the new body is held.
• Adds a function to secure and establish an e-governance system for citizen services.
• Grants the Central Government power to make orders to remove difficulties in implementing the Act for up to two years.

Also in the document

• The Bill explicitly states that the previous trifurcation (split into three) in 2011 failed to achieve its objective of efficient service delivery due to uneven resources and financial hardships.
• It includes transitional provisions ensuring that pending disciplinary, arbitration, or legal proceedings against the old corporations continue against the new one.
• The Bill omits specific sections of the 1957 Act (sections 388 and 484A) and substitutes others to reflect the single corporation structure.