Annual budget of Greater Chennai Corporation to be tabled after six years
The annual Budget of the Greater Chennai Corporation for 2022-23 will be tabled at the Ripon Building, the headquarters of the civic body, on Saturday by the mayor after a gap of six years.
According to corporation officials, the debate on the Budget will take place on the same day in the presence of the elected councillors and other standing committee members. As per the Budget estimates for 2021-22, the revenue deficit was Rs 546 crore.
This will be the maiden Budget presentation by the newly elected mayor R Priya (28), who is the first Dalit to head the civic body and also its third woman mayor.
Saturday will also be the first time that the city corporation Budget will be presented since 2016.