India News | Erstwhile SDMC's Payroll System to Be Extended to Other Zones: MCD

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) Payroll system of the erstwhile South Delhi Municipal Corporation is to be extended to other zones of the reunified MCD, the civic body said on Friday.

Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Gyanesh Bharti has directed the finance department to open "new bank accounts" of various departments as also payment gateways, the MCD said in a statement.

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"Also, GPF and pension modules prepared by the Indian Bank are in final stage," it said.

"The already existing accounts of erstwhile corporations will be kept active till June 5, 2022 so that online payments processed by third party agencies or any cheques in pipeline can be realised and get credited to old bank accounts," it said.

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Balances in old Commissioners' accounts will be transferred to newly opened accounts so that routine payments, such as salaries and other contingent expenditure can be made without any hassle, the statement said.

The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had formally come into existence on May 22 with IAS officers Ashwani Kumar and Gyanesh Bharti assuming charge as the new civic body's special officer and commissioner, respectively.

The MCD was trifurcated in 2012 during Sheila Dikshit's tenure as the chief minister. It is now reunified by merging three civic bodies — North, South and East municipal corporations or NDMC, SDMC and EDMC.

"The erstwhile SDMC was successfully running an employee payroll system in all its four zones. The same system will be extended to remaining eight zones. With this separate zonal income accounts have been opened in the zones for easy reconciliation and records. The collected amount in these accounts will be transferred to General Accounts of Commissioner, MCD on a weekly basis," the statement said.

With the approval of commissioner of MCD, bank accounts have been opened for every payment gate way, and it has been intimated to the IT department for integration. This will help in easy identification of income under different heads of accounts and its reconciliation, it said.

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