Standing panel chief to present NMC budget on May 28

Nagpur: Standing committee chairman Prakash Bhoyar will present Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) annual budget for 2021-22 at a special general body meeting on May 28.
Considering the Covid-19 pandemic, this is the second time the corporation budget will be held online in view of the state government’s directive against holding general body meetings physically.
Municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B had presented a draft budget of Rs2,607.6 crore to the standing committee in March.
In the draft budget, the revenue was pegged at Rs2,169.59 crore, initial balance Rs264.04 crore and revised income Rs2,433.63 crore.
After the civic chief’s budget, the standing committee conducted several meetings with each department and prepared the final budget.
With NMC elections due next year, it is expected that the ruling BJP will try to announce various schemes in the budget as well as make maximum allocations to works which are nearing completion.