Friday, October 17, 2008

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Now, the sanctioning of building plans, no objection certificates of fire department, octroi cess, licence fees for shops and establishment and land lease renewal fees will become dearer for the citizens. However, civic body has not proposed any hike in property tax and water charges.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Nagpur Vikas Aghadi and Shiv Sena have proposed steep hike in these departments of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Krishna Khopde, Chairman of Standing Committee presented the Civic budget at general body meeting on Thursday. He submitted a copy of the annual budget for the financial year 2008-09 to Mayor Maya Iwnate and Municipal Commissioner Aseem Gupta. Khopde has found out some new revenue sources to increase the income of the civic body. He has proposed to construct modernise hospitals on Build-Operate-Own-Transfer (BOOT) basis. The discussion on budget will be held on Saturday. Khopde has presented a budget of proposed income 7and estimated expenditure of Rs 784.73. As compared to last year, the budget has been increased by Rs 214.20 crore. Standing Committee has proposed the expected income of Rs 304 crore from Octroi cess, Rs 130 crore from property tax, Rs 110 from water supply charges, Rs 10 crore from market department. In comparision with last years income, the present estimated income is Rs 58 crore increase in Octroi, Rs 24 crore in Property Tax, Rs 47 crore in water supply charges and Rs 5 crore in market department. As far as expenditure is concerned, the civic body will spent Rs 149.56 crore in establishment, Rs 110.50 crore in proposed expenditure, Rs 50.26 crore in maintenance, Rs 15.82 crore in disbursement of loan. Civic body is spending Rs 374.15 crore on establishment and loan disbursement while Rs 275 crore on capital expenditure. The civic body has made an arrangement of Rs 70 crore for the projects sanctioned under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Khopde has proposed some new innovative schemes for the students of the civic schools and construction of new eye and paediatric hospitals for urban poor people.

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