Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- Presenting a whooping Rs 59,954.75 crore budget for 2024-25, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allowed a a lion's share of Rs 31,774.59 crore - which accounts for 51.78 per cent of the total budgetary outlay - for strengthening of civic facilities to the country's commercial Capital "clean, green and inspirational to live".
For the second time in its 135-year-long history, the outlay of the BMC has crossed Rs 50,000 crore. In terms of the outlay, the budget of the BMC - which is considered one of the richest municipal corporations in Asia - is larger than many smaller states in the states. The BMC's budgetary outlay for 2023-24 was Rs 52,619 crore In a budget that lays emphasis on health, infrastructure, cl...