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> the BMC (Municipal Corporation) is considered quite ineffective/corrupt/lazy by most citizens, despite being the richest municipal body in the world Well whe
by geodel 3y ago
> the BMC (Municipal Corporation) is considered quite ineffective/corrupt/lazy by most citizens, despite being the richest municipal body in the world
Well when one divide total budget by population per person won't be much. Economist and even politicians mentioned as much that Indian tax revenues per person are 1/20th of first world but regardless they do think they deserve facilities comparable to developed nations.
- alephnerd 3y agoMunicipal Government in India answer to and get funded directly by either State Level planning authorities or Central Government IAS. Municipal Corporations all over India have minimal autonomy outside of PWD procurement [0]. [0] - https://www.impriindia.com/insights/urban-governance-in-india/ https://www.impriindia.com/insights/urban-governance-in-indi...
- user_7832 3y agoYep that’s a fair point, the tax burden in India in general is pretty skewed, however worth noting that Mumbai pays a fairly significant amount of it (especially when factoring in indirect and non income taxes). Iirc BMC’s budget is very directly from taxes (very little/no loans or other handouts, though I could be wrong about this). (Edit: quick googling shows property tax to be the biggest current revenue stream since octroi has gone away after the introduction of a national GST.)
- geodel 3y agoWell the flip side of spending all tax revenue of city like Mumbai locally instead of statewide or nation wide there will be even more lopsided development which turns to ever more people coming to Mumbai making infrastructure, pollution and so many other problems worse.