In an unprecedented move, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) uploaded its budget for the financial year 2022-23 on its website late Thursday night with an outlay of Rs 10,484.28 crore. It was uploaded on the BBMP website barely an hour before March 31, the last day of the current 2021-22 financial year.
According to the budget document, there is a surplus of Rs 334.63 crore in the budget for 2022-23. While the estimated revenue is estimated at ₹10,478.7 crore, the estimated expenditure is ₹10,480.45 crore. About 35% (₹3,680 crore) of estimated receipts is tax revenue, 22% (₹2,302.23 crore) is non-tax revenue, 4% (₹436.01 crore) is central government grant, 34% (₹3,576.59 crore) is state government grant. . , and 5% (₹489.3 cr) is miscellaneous.
As per estimates, about 46% of the expenditure or ₹4,838.26 crore is for public works, while 30% (₹3,148.12 crore) is allocated for maintenance and 12%, which is ₹1,234.72 crore, for personnel expenses. Is.
The budget was to be presented on Wednesday. However, it was deferred at the last minute due to disagreements over the allocation of funds by a group of ministers. In the last two days, several rounds of discussions have taken place between the BJP MLAs and ministers of the city.
Earlier on Thursday also, top civic officials – Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh, who is the administrator in the absence of an elected council, Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta and Special Commissioner (Finance) Tulsi Madineni – met BJP MLAs from Bengaluru to discuss the allocation. met with.
one of the talking legislators Hindu On condition of anonymity, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who also holds the Finance and Bengaluru Development portfolios, had made some additional suggestions. The MLA said the focus was on the works of parks, roads and other civic infrastructure.
The move by top BBMP officials to upload the budget online has taken many by surprise. Repeated calls to Ms. Madineni, Mr. Gupta and Mr. Singh went in vain.