Mohali MC passes ₹176-crore budget with no new taxes
1 year ago

Mohali MC passes ₹176-crore budget with no new taxes

Hindustan Times  

The Mohali municipal corporation on Friday approved a budget of ₹176 crore for financial year 2024-25 while announcing no new tax or projects. In 2023-24, MC had approved a budget of ₹173 crore, but received only ₹140 crore from the Punjab local bodies department. Similarly, MC plans to spend ₹15 crore against ₹9 crore last year on solid waste management as part of its efforts to further improve the city’s Swachh Survekshan ranking. MC approves vigilance inquiry into allotment of During the budget meeting, MC also approved the agenda to seek a vigilance inquiry into the allotment of The nod came after councillors demanded to know how the civic body failed to achieve its proposed income of ₹31 crore last year through Cutting across party lines, the councillors demanded a vigilance inquiry in unison. While raising the issue, councillor and former deputy mayor Manjit Singh Sethi said, “MC has shown in its budget document that ₹6.11 crore were earned from “We doubt something fishy in the allotment of tenders and high-level corruption under this budget head,” he said, demanding a vigilance inquiry.

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