BBMP Budget | Citizens will be decision makers for civic work

Administrative decisions involving financial resources to the tune of ₹2,000 crore delegated to the zonal level

Citizens will have a greater say in allocation of resources towards development work in their neighbourhoods. Decentralisation of funds and decision making at the zonal and ward levels were the focus of the civic Budget presented on Saturday, the first under the new BBMP Act, 2020. Of a total Budget outlay of ₹9291.33 crore, various administrative decisions involving financial resources to the tune of ₹2000 crore – roughly half of the civic body's revenues — has been delegated to the zone level. It makes a commitment “to devolve at least 50% of BBMP’s Budget to the zonal level within the next few years,” a move that has been widely welcomed by the civic activists.