Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday held a meeting with all the three municipal commissioners of Delhi and reviewed the financial condition of the civic bodies. As per the minutes of the meeting, all corporations except the South Delhi Municipal Corporation are in deficit, and are not prima facie eligible to get the Municipal Reform Fund (MRF).

The government gives MRF as an incentive to civic bodies due to improvement in their financial position. In the meeting, Mr Kejriwal was informed by the commissioners that they have not received any funds under the MRF head for the last two years. The government clarified that 100 per cent of funds have been released to both North Corporation (NDMC) and East Corporation (EDMC) while 80 per cent of funds has been released to SDMC and the remaining amount will be given to it by January 18. In case of education sector under plan (head), about 75 per cent of the budgeted amount has already been released.