FCI toy with Delhi Customs in hockey
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, August 23
Food Corporation of India (North Zone) toyed with Delhi Customs 7-0 in the Delhi State Hockey League for Institutions at the Shivaji Stadium in the Capital. The match was not of much consequence as both the teams had already made it into the semi-final stage.

FCI, who could get just one goal in the first half, went on a scoring-spree on resumption to add six more goals. Amar Singh Negi hit home the first goal in the 16th minute. Vipul added the second goal in the second half. Gajinder, V Kerketta, Imran Khan and Ravinder (two) were the other marksmen.

In another match, Delhi Police whipped Delhi Vidyut Board 5-0. Three goals came in the first half. Ishwar Das struck home the first goal in the 10th minute. Bhikhani accounted for the second and third goals while Subash Chand scored the fourth and fifth goals.

Food Corporation of India (FCI), Headquarters beat Indian Airlines after a see-saw tussle by 6-4. The teams were locked 3-3 at the interval. Mohd Ansari put FCI ahead with a fine goal in the 10th minute. Then Prabhakar scored three goals in a row to complete a hattrick. But in between, the Indian Airlines forwards pressed hard, and got goals at regular intervals. Y S Rawat scored their first and fourth goals. S Singh got their second goal while the third goal came off the stick of Astush Yadav, to make the score 3-3.

Rajinder Singh then struck a brace of goals to lead FCI to victory.

FCI, North Zone will take on Indian Airlines in the first semi-final to be played on Saturday. FCI, Headquarters will clash against Delhi Customs in the second semi-final tie.

Delhi Admn, RBI earn full points
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, August 23
Delhi Administration routed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) 4-0 to earn full points in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) Annual Institutional Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital.

In another match, Reserve Bank of India grounded Indian Airlines with a 3-0 victory.

Delhi Administration led by an early goal scored by Sunil Birla in the fifth minute. He added the second goal too, when he found the target in the 46th minute. Inside-left Vijender Singh enhanced the lead to 3-0 in the 48th minute while Rajeev Bhalla completed the tally in the 55th minute.

Delhi Administration has accumulated ten points from four matches while DDA are yet to open their account even after playing three matches.

In the second match, Denzil Sunny put RBI in the lead in the 17th minute. Mohan Nath made it 2-0 in the second half. Shailender Rawat completed the tally in 53rd minute. RBI have earned ten points from four matches while Indian Airlines have logged just three points from as many matches.

Saturday’s fixtures: Railway Board vs DVB (7.45 am); Delhi Audit vs ESIC (2.30 pm) — Ambedkar Stadium.

Govt Boys School beat St. Giri
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, August 23
Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Vikas Puri, beat St. Giri Public School by 142 runs to record their second victory in the Jayanti Devi Goyal Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Vikas Puri ground.

Scores: Government Boys School: 314 for 4 in 35 overs (Mayank Tehlan 78, 8x4, 2x6; Dhiraj Sharma 76, Mahesh Rawat 55, Bhupender Yadav 65 n o). St. Giri Public School: 172 for 9 in 35 overs (Yogesh Sharma 66, Aman Preet Singh Lamba 32, Gaurav Saini 25, Tushar Kumar 3 for 25).

Ramjas tourney

A swashbuckling knock of 98 by Jagdeep Singh helped Salwan Public School, Rajender Nagar, beat DL DAV School, Shalimar Bagh, by a better run rate in the first Ramjas Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground. Jagdeep Singh was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Opting to bat first, DAV scored 198 for eight in the allotted 35 overs. Love Sahrawat hit a quick 56 with the aid of seven boundaries. Soumik Chatterjee blasted 44 runs while Sahil Grover (2 for 28) and Jitender Kataria (2 for 56) were the successful bowlers for Salwan Public School. In reply, Salwan Public School amassed 190 for 7 in 34 overs when rain put a halt to the match. But Jagdeep Singh’s quickfire knock of 89 with the help of ten boundaries ensured that Salwan pipped DAV on a better run rate.

Scores: DAV School: 193 for 8 in 35 overs Salwan Public School: 190 for 7 in 34 overs.

Ganga School enter semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, August 23
Ganga International School, Hiran Kudna, beat Doon Public School, Paschim Vihar, by four goals to nil and entered the semi-final of the Zonal Football Tournament at the New Convent School ground, Paschim Vihar. Lal Ram (two), K C and Jayrom were the goal-getters.

The Ganga school girls entered the basketball semi-final beating Doon Public School, Paschim Vihar 23-16 at the New Convent School court. Ankita top-scored with 15 points. Prenana basketed eight points.

Navyug School beat Ryan

Navyug School beat Ryan International School 5-0 in the 11th Nivia Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday. In other matches, D. C. Arya beat Bhawans School 6-0 while CRPF School beat Govt. School Sewa, Panipat 4-0.

MCD to go hi-tech for making tax assessment transparent
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 23
The Municipal Commissioner, Mr Rakesh Mehta, said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi would introduce modern technological means such as computerised records, digital mapping and easier payment methods to make system of property tax assessment in Delhi more citizen-friendly, equitable and transparent.

There is also a proposal to introduce Unit Area Method for assessment of property tax of various properties in Delhi. Under this system, the rateable value of the property would be calculated on the basis of the covered area and unit rateable value, depending on location of the property, age, its use and type of colony.

The Commissioner disclosed that an expert committee has started working under the Chairmanship of Mr K. Dharamrajan to recommend reforms in the property tax system, which will be based on Unit Area Method. This Committee would like to seek the opinion of citizens and other stakeholders on problems being faced in the present system of property tax assessment; and making the system simple and more transparent. This Committee would also seek views on whether the area-based system will make property tax assessment system more rational and equitable. Mr Mehta has appealed to the Resident Welfare Association’s (RWA), industry, trade, market associations, chambers of commerce and other relevant organisations to provide a list of properties in their respective areas/colonies/ localities so as to enable the expert committee to arrive at a more rational system of taxation. It would help the MCD to take into consideration the concerns of citizens. It would also eliminate visits of MCD Inspectors to premises of the citizens. This information would also help the MCD to fix reasonable tax rate. Non-availability of these information can lead to higher taxation levy, he added.

The Commissioner stressed that the inputs provided by associations and citizens would be useful in a series of roundtable conferences, seminars and meetings being organised by the expert committee from time to time to elicit the views of various interest groups.