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New Delhi: Following in the footsteps of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi civic body has now also decided to give tax incentives to those who choose to get vaccinated for Covid-19, SDMC Standing Committee Chairman Rajdutt Gahlot said on Tuesday. The special incentives will come in the form of additional rebate to the owners/taxpayers of residential properties if they get vaccinated. Property owners and taxpayers, who take the Covid-19 vaccine after fulfilling the required criteria, will get an additional rebate of 5 per cent on their property tax payments, Gahlot said. An Office Order in this regard has also been issued by the concerned Department of the SDMC and all eligible persons can now avail this facility. The SDMC asserted that this tax incentive of rebates on property tax payments will "ensure 100 per cent" vaccination of all those who qualify..