VMC council passes deficit budget of ₹145 crore for 2025-26
The Hindu
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation passes ₹1,454.58 crore budget with minor objections for 2025-25, focusing on infrastructure development.
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) council on Saturday (March 22) passed a budget of ₹1,454.58 crore proposed by the civic body with minor objections.
At a meeting held at the VMC Council Hall, Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi presented a deficit budget of ₹145.05 crore for the financial year 2025-25, with an estimated expenditure of ₹1,454.58 crore against the estimated income of ₹1,309.53 crore. The proposed budget is also lower than the ₹1,460.82 crore budget presented for 2024-25.
Reading out the proposal, the Mayor said the revenue income and capital income are pegged at ₹808.33 and ₹454.15 respectively for the upcoming year whereas the revenue expenditure and capital expenditure stood at ₹705.94 crore and ₹691.78 crore in that order.
The sources of revenue and capital income include ₹332.86 crore from tax collection, income of ₹82.1 crore from Water Supply and Underground Drainage, ₹61.46 crore from Town Planning, ₹239.48 crore from the Central grants and contributions, ₹214.07 from the State government grants and contributions. Also, ₹100 crore is estimated from Urban Reforms Funds from the Centre, ₹73 crore from the 15th Finance Commission Grants.
The budget allocation to control stray animal menace, which remained the main topic of discussion in many council meetings in 2024, has increased to ₹5.5 crore this year from ₹2 crore in 2024-25. Similarly, the budget allocation for the maintenance of roads, pavements has increased to ₹9 crore from ₹7.5 crore in 2024-25. The maintenance of sewage water drain and open drains, too, has seen an increase in the budget allocation by ₹2.2 crore this year from last year.
There has been no change in the allocation made for maintenance of street lights and traffic signals from last year. Both the times, an allocation of ₹5 crore was made for the purpose.
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