New Delhi: The Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) finalised an estimated price range expenditure of ₹17,583 crore for the 2026-27 monetary 12 months in a particular assembly on Friday, officers conscious of the matter mentioned, whereas the earnings has been pegged at round ₹18,000 crore, officers conscious of the matter mentioned.
Beneath the price range, claimed by Delhi mayor Raja Iqbal Singh because the company’s “largest ever”, the largest share was allotted to sanitation, at ₹4,797.78 crore, adopted by an allotment of ₹3,548.63 crore to basic administration, and ₹3,264.84 crore to training. An allotment of ₹1,925.6 crore has been made for public well being and medical reduction, adopted by ₹1,884.43 crore for engineering. The horticulture division has been given ₹414.16 crore, whereas the veterinary division has been given ₹137 crore.
The price range additionally takes into consideration full exemption of property tax to residential ancestral homes as much as 500 sq. metres in 49 “absolutely rural” villages and residential buildings as much as 200 sq. metres owned by “unique” residents in city villages. There’s additionally a 15% property tax exemption to group housing societies for paying tax on time—this was beforehand discontinued, however has been reinstated.
Beneath one other initiative, municipal councillors will be capable to avail of cashless medical therapy at CGHS charges at empanelled hospitals, and MCD workers and pensioners residing exterior Delhi will be capable to obtain therapy at CGHS hospitals throughout the nation. A cashless hospital therapy scheme for company officers and workers was permitted, to avail of free therapy at empanelled well being centres. The MCD can even be dedicating 250 new Ayushman Arogya Mandirs to the general public, in partnership with the Delhi authorities.
Beneath help for girls, monetary help of ₹21,000 can be given to fifteen widows, single moms, and disabled folks in every ward, for the wedding of their daughters.
The price range contains a number of provisions for monetary help to residents’ welfare associations (RWAs), with 20 RWAs in every ward set to obtain ₹25,000 for restore and upkeep works. In his speech, chief of the home Pravesh Wahi mentioned that the funding quantity given to RWAs and NGOs for park upkeep has been elevated from ₹8,000 to ₹13,500.
Beneath sanitation and waste administration, the company can be procuring 70 new mechanical highway sweeping machines, and 1,000 litter picker machines, with 4 being deployed in every ward.
The company allotted ₹22 crore for the restore and upkeep of municipal faculties. Wahi mentioned that additionally they plan to extend the accident insurance coverage quantity for municipal college students from ₹50,000 to ₹1 lakh.
Wahi mentioned that the Bhalswa and Okhla landfill websites can be cleared by the tip of the 12 months, with the MCD aiming to clear the Ghazipur landfill by the tip of 2027. “This price range will play a major position in making Delhi clear, empowered, and affluent. I thank chief of the home Pravesh Wahi for presenting a public welfare–oriented and development-focused price range,” the mayor mentioned.
