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Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) on Monday approved a surplus budget of Rs 7.27 crore for the year 2018-19.
At a special MMC meeting, revenue of Rs 64.84 crore and expenditure of Rs 57.65 crore has been shown in the budget.
MMC earns its revenue mainly from house tax (Rs 4.5 crore), Sopo (Rs 1.1 crore), permit fees (Rs 3.5 crore), rent (Rs 4 crore), Octroi (Rs 3.5 crore) and interest on MMC funds (Rs 1 crore).
The MMC also earns revenue through government development grant (Rs 2 crore), GSUDA grants (Rs 5 crore) and garbage management grants (Rs 1 crore).
When it comes to expenditure, Rs. 2.25 crore has been arranged for garbage management and Rs 5 crore has been arranged for roads, cleaning of wells and repair of gutters.
The council meeting chaired by Chairperson Rohan Kavlekar was also attended by MMC Chief officer Clen Madeira, MMC Engineer Hussainshah Mujjawar, Accounts Officer Shivram Vaze, accountant Smita Faldessai and all MMC councillors, except for councillor Sandeep Falari.
During the annual budget meeting, Deputy Chairperson Marlin D’souza and Councillors Rajsingh Rane, Ryan Braganza, Sanjay Mishal, Swapnil Shirodkar and Sudhir Kandolkar also gave their suggestions.
Some councillor also suggested an increase in rent in the upcoming budget to add to the revenue of MMC.
