Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting that Delhi be treated as a "unique case" and be included in the terms of reference of the 16th Finance Commission. Kejriwal alleges that Delhi has been receiving "stepmotherly and unfair" treatment from the Centre, with its share in the central pool of taxes frozen at a low amount of Rs 350 crore for the past 23 years. He argues that Delhi's share should have been Rs 7,378 crore and highlights that Delhiites pay a significant amount of income tax. The 16th Finance Commission is expected to be set up this year.

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