-Special meeting of Municipal Corporation House was held under the chairmanship of Mayor Rajrani Malhotra
– Budget estimate of Municipal Corporation Gurugram for the financial year 2025-26 was presented in the meeting
– Provision of income of Rs 1571 crore and expenditure of Rs 1497 crore has been made in the budget for the financial year 2025-26
– Municipal Corporation Gurugram has set a target of earning Rs 275 crore from property tax, Rs 100 crore from advertisement, Rs 500 crore from stamp duty
– In the financial year 2025-26, Rs 350 crore will be spent on cleanliness and solid waste management, Rs 16 crore on sports and health, Rs 80 crore on roads, Rs 35 crore on sewerage and drainage, Rs 35 crore on drinking water supply, Rs 40 crore on public lighting
– Budget for the financial year 2025-26 was passed unanimously
Gurugram, April 8 : A special meeting of the Municipal Corporation Gurugram House was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Mayor Rajrani Malhotra, in which a proposal for the budget of Municipal Corporation Gurugram for the financial year 2025-26 was presented. Gurugram MLA Mukesh Pehalwan, Municipal Commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg, corporation members and officials were present in the meeting.
Municipal Corporation Chief Account Officer Vijay Singla presented the budget in the meeting, which has a provision for estimated income of Rs 1571 crore and possible expenditure of Rs 1497 crore. A target of income from various sources has been set in the budget, in which a plan has been made to earn Rs 275 crore from property tax, Rs 100 crore from advertising, and Rs 500 crore from stamp duty. Apart from this, income of Rs 50 crore from EDC, Rs 50 crore from water and sewerage charge, Rs 40 crore from miscellaneous, Rs 45 crore from bank interest, Rs 40 crore from municipal tax is included.
The Municipal Corporation has proposed to spend Rs 350 crore on cleanliness and solid waste management, Rs 16 crore on sports and health, Rs 80 crore on development of roads, Rs 35 crore on sewerage and drainage system, Rs 35 crore on drinking water supply, and Rs 40 crore on public lighting in the budget. Apart from this, drinking water bill expenditure of Rs 120 crore, repair and maintenance expenditure of Rs 102 crore, cowshed expenditure of Rs 15 crore and Rs 110 crore on buildings etc. are included. The budget was passed unanimously in the meeting.
Mayor Rajrani Malhotra said- “This budget is an important step towards sustainable development of Gurugram, cleanliness, expansion of infrastructure and further improvement of civic amenities. This budget is being considered a solid and strategic effort to move Gurugram towards smart city. ”
Corporation Commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg said- “This budget is an important effort towards the overall and sustainable development of Gurugram. We have given priority to the basic needs of the citizens along with increasing revenue and keeping the expenses balanced. Provisions made in areas like cleanliness, infrastructure, and drinking water supply are steps towards making the city more organized and smart. ”
Gurugram MLA Mukesh Pehlwan said- “All officers and elected representatives should contribute to the development of Gurugram. Officers should give priority to all public representatives and resolve the complaints reported by them on priority. Make sure to pick up the phone of public representatives.”
Members of the Corporation House gave suggestions and raised problems: In the meeting, the members suggested to increase the income from advertisement, drinking water meter and property tax. Apart from this, they also raised the problems of their wards, which mainly included problems of property tax data correction, cleanliness, garbage pickup, sewerage, street lights, illegal animal dairy, stray dogs, monkeys, waterlogging etc.
These members were present: Members Sundar Singh, Jyotsna Yadav, Rakesh Yadav, Pradeep Padam, Ram Avtar Rana, Satpal, Dinesh Dahiya, Naresh Kumar, Avnish Raghav, Mahavir Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Ruchi, Pawan Kumar, Pratham Chandra, Bharti Harsana, Vikramjit Singh, Neha Devatwal, Jyoti Sumit Jaildar, Narayan Bhadana, Sonia Yadav, Vikas Yadav, Kunal Yadav, Aarti Yadav, Anoop Singh, Sunita Rani, Ashish Gupta, Dharambir Bhangrola, Usha, Madhu Batra, Dilip Sahni, Vijay Parmar, Sarika Bhardwaj, Surekha, Parminder Kataria and Rekha were present in the meeting.
These officers were present :
Corporation Commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg, Additional Corporation Commissioner Dr. Balpreet Singh and Mahavir Prasad, Joint Commissioner Vishal Kumar, Dr. Jaiveer Yadav and Sumit Kumar, Chief Account Officer Vijay Singla, Chief Engineer Vijay Dhaka, CTP Sanjeev Mann, CMO Dr. Ashish Singla, Corporation Secretary Siddharth Khandelwal and other officers were present in the meeting.