The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday unveiled Rs 39,038.83 crore budget for the year 2021-22. In a relief to citizens, no additional civic tax or licence fee was proposed in the budget by the BMC, the country's richest civic body that goes to polls early next year. The BMC said in the budget that its revenue collection declined due to "the decisions taken to combat COVID-19 and to provide relief measures for different sectors affected by it". It said its property tax collection was "adversely affected" due to the pandemic and the resulting lockdown. The total budget estimates for the next financial year are 16.74 per cent more than the last fiscal when it had presented a budget of Rs 33,441 crore. Municipal commissioner I S Chahal, who presented the budget before to the standing committee, kept the civic taxes and licence fees unchanged. "There is no additional tax and charge in the budget," he said while talking to reporters after its ...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday unveiled Rs 39,038.83 crore budget for the year 2021-22.
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