NAVI MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) commissioner Abhijit Bangar on Thursday presented the civic budget estimate of Rs 4, 825 crore which focused on controlling revenue expenditure.
No tax hike has been made for this financial year. The budget stressed on health and education. The revised budget for the last fiscal stood at 4,709 crore.
"This is a 'citizen-oriented budget' which will give priority to health, education and environment," said Bangar.
"The property tax collection during 2020-21 was affected severely due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Despite a drop in the collection in property tax, the civic body has decided to not make a rise in any kinds of taxes," said Bangar.
Bangar added that they have set a target of Rs 123 crore for water tax recovery.
In the 2021-22 budget, the civic administration has provisioned to spend majorly on health infrastructures. The civic body is planning to start a medical college at its Vashi hospital.
For the first time since 1995, the budget was presented without the participation of elected representatives as the term of the corporators came to an end on May 7, 2020 and the civic polls were deferred indefinitely due to the spread of Covid-19.
Last year, the NMMC administration had presented a Rs 1.09-crore surplus budget. The budget had stressed on civic works, waste management, e-governance, health, and education.
The civic body had also proposed to collect Rs 630 crore from property tax. However, it failed to achieve the target due to the outbreak of the pandemic.