Delhi Civic Budget

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Saturday demanded a Rs 10,000 crore budgetary allocation for the MCD from the Centre, alleging the civic body does not get its share in the budget.

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi presented the budget for the next fiscal at the state assembly on Monday.

The Opposition BJP in Delhi's civic body has started flexing muscle amid the controversy over Mayor elections in Chandigarh. At a meeting today to consider the civic body's budget, the BJP councillors were seen holding a noisy protest.

A special meeting called at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters on Tuesday to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget was adjourned for the day soon after it convened.

A special meeting has been convened at the MCD headquarters on March 28 to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget, officials said on Saturday. As required by norms, the civic budget is to be cleared by March 31.

With the AAP coming to power in the MCD, the Kejriwal government has nearly doubled the fund allocation for local bodies in the Delhi Budget 2023-24 while setting a target to flatten the city's three garbage mountains by 2024.

The Aam Aadmi Party Friday alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) budget was passed by the civic body without keeping the ruling party in the loop. No reaction to the allegation was immediately available from the civic body officials.

A bill to merge the three civic bodies of Delhi into one was cleared by the Union cabinet today. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill is expected to be tabled in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament.

The AAP on Monday asked the BJP to immediately pay salaries to the employees of the municipal corporations or resign, noting that despite having a budget of Rs 18,000 crore, it keeps complaining of financial crunch.

Hike in property tax, levying of professional and betterment taxes, and plans for a health scheme on the lines of Ayushman Bharat for Class IV employees were proposed by the NDMC in its budget today. North Delhi Municipal Commissioner Madhup Vyas presented the NDMC's revised budget estimates for 2018-19 and budget estimates for 2019-20 at the Civic...

The AAP government in Delhi proposed to provide Rs 6,903 crore to local bodies for the next financial year in view of their poor financial condition.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC House on Monday cleared the civic body's annual budget, which includes property tax exemption for medal winners in Olympics and other top games, and free-of-cost sanitary pads to girls in schools when needed.

No fund has been earmarked for the municipal corporations of Delhi in the Union Budget, although the city government had requested for allocation of "Rs 1000 crore as local bodies grant", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday.

The Delhi government has decided to hike the budget allocation of municipal corporations by Rs 1,000 crore, Finance Minister Manish Sisodia announced today.

In a move reflective of Aam Admi Party's policy of public engagement in governance related issues, the BJP ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to seek opinion of the people in finalising utilisation of its development budget.

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Saturday demanded a Rs 10,000 crore budgetary allocation for the MCD from the Centre, alleging the civic body does not get its share in the budget.

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi presented the budget for the next fiscal at the state assembly on Monday.

The Opposition BJP in Delhi's civic body has started flexing muscle amid the controversy over Mayor elections in Chandigarh. At a meeting today to consider the civic body's budget, the BJP councillors were seen holding a noisy protest.

A special meeting called at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters on Tuesday to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget was adjourned for the day soon after it convened.

A special meeting has been convened at the MCD headquarters on March 28 to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget, officials said on Saturday. As required by norms, the civic budget is to be cleared by March 31.

With the AAP coming to power in the MCD, the Kejriwal government has nearly doubled the fund allocation for local bodies in the Delhi Budget 2023-24 while setting a target to flatten the city's three garbage mountains by 2024.

The Aam Aadmi Party Friday alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) budget was passed by the civic body without keeping the ruling party in the loop. No reaction to the allegation was immediately available from the civic body officials.

A bill to merge the three civic bodies of Delhi into one was cleared by the Union cabinet today. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill is expected to be tabled in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament.

The AAP on Monday asked the BJP to immediately pay salaries to the employees of the municipal corporations or resign, noting that despite having a budget of Rs 18,000 crore, it keeps complaining of financial crunch.

Hike in property tax, levying of professional and betterment taxes, and plans for a health scheme on the lines of Ayushman Bharat for Class IV employees were proposed by the NDMC in its budget today. North Delhi Municipal Commissioner Madhup Vyas presented the NDMC's revised budget estimates for 2018-19 and budget estimates for 2019-20 at the Civic...

The AAP government in Delhi proposed to provide Rs 6,903 crore to local bodies for the next financial year in view of their poor financial condition.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC House on Monday cleared the civic body's annual budget, which includes property tax exemption for medal winners in Olympics and other top games, and free-of-cost sanitary pads to girls in schools when needed.

No fund has been earmarked for the municipal corporations of Delhi in the Union Budget, although the city government had requested for allocation of "Rs 1000 crore as local bodies grant", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday.

The Delhi government has decided to hike the budget allocation of municipal corporations by Rs 1,000 crore, Finance Minister Manish Sisodia announced today.

In a move reflective of Aam Admi Party's policy of public engagement in governance related issues, the BJP ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to seek opinion of the people in finalising utilisation of its development budget.