Overview
- The PMC’s 2026–27 budget of ₹15,669 crore drew new scrutiny after a civic activist flagged ₹3,045 crore that the Maharashtra government still owes the city.
- City leaders said they will press for the money, with the standing committee chief and a state minister saying they expect support to recover the dues.
- The pending sum covers a 1% share of stamp duty on property deals from 2019–20 and GST compensation promised after 11 villages merged in 2017 and 23 more joined since 2021.
- The ruling BJP defended the plan as a development roadmap that includes a 50% property tax rebate for women, a proposed cancer hospital in Baner, 100 new women’s toilets, ‘pink rooms’ in schools, and a goal to plant 50 lakh trees.
- Opposition members called the revenue targets unrealistic, cited a possible overstatement of grants by about ₹500 crore, flagged healthcare at roughly 1.1% of spending, and alleged biased ward funding as a corporator discretionary pot crossed ₹1,300 crore.