Nearly 58% of the expenditure—₹43,000 crore—is focused connected development. Our authorities has eliminated the corruption that plagued the BMC for 25 years nether Uddhav Thackeray’s rule,” Shinde said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fund for fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26 has garnered mixed effect from governmental parties. While leaders from the ruling Mahayuti confederation labelled it arsenic a progressive budget, those from the opposing Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) criticised the fund by labelling it ‘contractor-friendly’.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hailed the Rs 74,427 crore budget arsenic a measurement toward transforming Mumbai into a planetary city. “This fund is for the communal man. It is 14.19% higher than the erstwhile budget, a motion of Mumbai’s accelerated development. Nearly 58% of the expenditure—₹43,000 crore—is focused connected development. Our authorities has eliminated the corruption that plagued the BMC for 25 years nether Uddhav Thackeray’s rule,” Shinde said.
State furniture curate and BJP Mumbai portion president Ashish Shelar said the fund is simply a testament to Mumbai’s progress. “The BMC fund is simply a implicit proposition towards Mumbai’s improvement that volition crook Mumbaikars’ dreams into reality. This is simply a holistic fund from each facet arsenic it has projected infrastructure maturation arsenic good arsenic situation sustainability,” Shelar said by posting a video connected societal media tract X.
Varsha Gaikwad, Congress MP from Mumbai, criticised the fund saying it volition payment the contractor lobby. “Small businesses successful Mumbai to beryllium taxed, portion contractors get a escaped tally to loot the city. With 1 successful 2 Mumbaikars surviving successful slums, this is an economical assault. It volition interruption the backbone of Mumbai’s economy,” Gaikwad said successful a station connected X.
“Several halfway sectors person been ignored arsenic superior acquisition has received lone 1% of the full superior expenditure, portion nationalist wellness receives 5% of the superior expenditure,” Gaikwad said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA from Worli, Aaditya Thackeray besides criticised the BMC’s determination to enforce taxation rates connected commercialized establishments successful slums. “The projected taxation connected shopkeepers successful slums is highly unjust, the MVA authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray got escaped of spot taxation up to 500 quadrate feet, portion present connected the different manus the BMC is imposing a taxation connected shopkeepers connected slum areas,” Aaditya said successful a station connected X. “The BMC has besides projected a idiosyncratic interest connected picking garbage from each households,” his station added.
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