Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh): All eyes are fixed on the general meeting of the Ratlam Municipal Corporation (RMC ) to be held on April 17 as the Congress has decided to oppose the annual budget provisions presented on April 13 by mayor Prahalad Patel demanding presentation of new budget alleging that the budget presented contains many anomalies. The meeting will commence at 3 PM at the RMC meeting hall to be presided over by RMC president Manisha Sharma.
City Congress said that it will demand presentation of a new budget for the FY 2023-24 as it alleged that annual budget presented by mayor Parahalad Patel contains many anomalies. According to a press release issued by the City Congress, a meeting of Congress corporators presided over by city Congress president Mahendra Kataria discussed the budget. Leader of opposition Shantilal Verma and other Congress corporators alleged that the new budget omits many important needs of the city and is a repetition of the old budget with new figures.
Mayor Prahalad Patel had on April 13 presented a surplus budget of RMC without any new taxes for FY 2023-24 claiming that it is a balanced budget fulfilling all requirements of the city. It was also claimed that in the new budget unnecessary expenditures have been curtailed and expenditure on essential has been increased. The receipts have been shown at Rs 571 crore and 71 lakh and expenditure has been shown at Rs. 571 crore, twenty-six lakh and 75 thousand.
Providing better basic facilities to the common people of the city and improving civic infrastructure remains the priority of the new budget mayor Patel had claimed in his speech while presenting RMC budget for FY 2023-24.
