The Hindu 07.04.2013
Rs.200.08-crore budget for RMC
Steep fall in the surplus figure.
The Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation has approved a
budget of Rs. 200.08 crore for the year 2013-14, which is in surplus by
Rs.17.48 crore over the previous year.
There is,
however, a steep fall in the surplus figure (by Rs.14.32 crore), which
indicates drastic reduction in both revenue collection and fund flow
from the State and Central governments.
The new
budget accords top priority to drinking water, drainage, and public
health. There are no fresh proposals. The corporation is again pinning
hopes on Rs.300 crore RAY funds for urban housing.
Municipal
Commissioner M. Jitendra released a copy of the budget proposals on
Saturday at a press conference. The proposals were finalised and
approved by Special Officer and Joint Collector Ahmed Babu a few days
ago.
Mr. Jitendra said the total receipts in 2012-13 were Rs.168.28 crore and the opening balance then was Rs.31.80 crore.
He
said, the RMC would spend Rs.182.60 crore during this financial year
and major allocations would be for drinking water and drainage (Rs.27.88
crore), engineering works (Rs.13.33 crore), public health (Rs.13.55
crore), and general administration (Rs.6.91 crore).
The
Commissioner said that that they expect to mobilise Rs.83.68 crore
through property tax, vacant land tax, stamp duty surcharge, town
planning, deposits and advances, entertainment, and advertisement taxes
during the current financial year.
He said the double
entry system, which was introduced last year, was yielding good result.
When his attention was drawn to villages that would be merged in the
RMC, the Commissioner said they would propose a supplementary budget
after the merger of 21 villages.