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A ₹7.79 crore surplus Budget with a full outlay of ₹1,603 crore for the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27 was presented by the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation successful Hubballi connected Monday.
Presenting the Budget, Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Taxation, Finance and Appeals Meenakshi Vantamuri said that the fund has been structured astir 7 halfway principles aimed astatine strengthening municipality governance.
“The 7 principles are expanding municipal gross done technology-based systems, implementing ward-level improvement plans, payment measures for pourakarmikas (sanitation workers), targeted payment programmes, installation of LED streetlights crossed the city, strengthening coagulated discarded absorption and biology extortion and ensuring 24x7 continuous h2o supply,” she said.
According to the Budget presented by her, the corp expects full receipts of ₹1,603.26 crore and expenditure of ₹1,595.47 crore during 2026-27 leaving a surplus of ₹7.79 crore.
As has been the lawsuit with municipal bodies, authorities grants proceed to signifier a important information of the municipal corporation’s receipts.
The corp expects to person ₹705.92 crore successful authorities grants, accounting for astir 44% of the full receipts.
Non-tax gross is estimated astatine ₹435.08 crore (27%), portion taxation gross is projected astatine ₹332.91 crore (21%). Revenue from lease magnitude of corp assets is pegged astatine ₹17.25 crore (1%).
Interestingly, the corp expects a gross of ₹111 crore (7%) from merchantability of spot and different assets of the municipal corp for which nary support has been fixed by the authorities for the past respective years.
Expenditure
The corp has allocated ₹1,057 crore (66%) for superior plus creation, ₹245.43 crore (15%) for quality resources and salaries relationship for ₹245.43 crore, portion ₹156.78 crore has been allocated for cognition and maintenance.
Improved taxation collection
The municipal corp is pinning its anticipation connected exertion driven gross procreation measures, including 3D GIS-based spot survey, which it believes volition summation taxation collection.
The 3D GIS-based spot survey estimated to outgo ₹23.5 crore is nether mode and 80% of the enactment is completed.
HDMC, which has collected ₹186 crore from spot taxation during 2025-26, aims to aims to cod ₹333 crore from spot taxation during 2026-27. It has acceptable a semipermanent people of ₹500 crore annually.
The corp is expecting to retrieve ₹142 crore from colony of long-pending h2o bills done waiver of involvement connected h2o bills and for the purpose, sought support from the government.
HDMC is expecting to person ₹82.21 crore nether the 16th Finance Commission, which is astir treble of the erstwhile allocation.
It besides expects ₹38.75 crore nether the AMRUT 2.0 Scheme and ₹ 20 crore nether Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0.
New initiatives
The municipal corp plans to present an online e-Khata system, enabling citizens to use for and get spot records from their houses and this apart, a Revenue Vigilance Squad has been formed to place commercialized establishments operating without commercialized licence, gathering permissions oregon completion certificates and to enforce penalties.
Under the Ward Vikas Yojana, each councillor has been allocated ₹1.50 crore for improvement works successful their wards.
The Mayor volition get a peculiar assistance of ₹5 crore and Deputy Mayor ₹3 crore for improvement works, portion the municipal commissioner volition person the discretionary powerfulness to grant improvement initiatives worthy a full of ₹5 crore.
Under the astute LED initiative, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) task worthy ₹93 crore has been initiated nether which 75,000 accepted streetlights crossed each 82 wards volition beryllium replaced with astute LED lights.
The project, which includes a centralized bid center, volition beryllium implemented successful 2026-27.
Pink e-auto
With an nonsubjective of facilitating pistillate empowerment, Pink e-auto volition beryllium fixed to women successful each ward of the municipal corporation. For the purpose, ₹4.10 crore has been earmarked successful the budget.
The different budgetary proposals see ₹5 crore for upgrading Channamma’s statue astatine Kittur Chennamma Circle successful Hubballi and ₹25,000 for miss students who unafraid the highest marks.
Leader of Opposition Imran Yaligar and Floor Leader Iresh Anchatageri and others spoke connected the fund giving their suggestions.
