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Surat: With a plan to increase revenue income and reduce revenue expenditure , a committee of senior officials of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been formed. The eight-member committee will identify the areas where revenue income can be increased and also how to reduce revenue expenditure. According to the estimated 2024-25 budget , SMC projected to reduce revenue expenditure in two areas.
SMC announced in the budget to bring down 6% administrative and general expenditure from Rs 182 crore in 2023-24 to Rs 171 crore in 2024-25. In maintenance expenses, it was projected to bring down 1% from Rs 1,253 crore to Rs 1,240 crore. "SMC spends money under capital and revenue expenditure.
Capital expenditure adds infrastructure, while revenue expenses have a larger share of salaries and maintenance," said an SMC official. After analysing various areas of revenue expenditure, the officials found that some of the expenditure could be reduced. "It was observed that after some project work, the road repair work or restoration of infrastructure was not done by the parties executing the work.
It was done by SMC later. This increased expenditure, and we are identifying similar areas," the official added. For 2024-25, SMC proposed Rs 4,597 crore expenditure against an income of Rs 5,025 crore.
In capital expenditure, it is Rs 4,121 crore for 2024-25 against an income of Rs 3,309 crore. The committee includes R M Patel, DyMC; R B Bhogayta, DyMC; A J Pandya, city engineer; A K Naik, DyMC; S P Desai, DyMC; MM Doctor, DyMC; N H Patel, DyMC; and AJ Naik, additional city engineer. Surat: With a plan to increase revenue income and reduce revenue expenditure, a committee of senior officials of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been formed.
The eight-member committee will identify the areas where revenue income can be increased and also how to reduce revenue expenditure. According to the estimated 2024-25 budget, SMC projected to reduce revenue expenditure in two areas. SMC announced in the budget to bring down 6% administrative and general expenditure from Rs 182 crore in 2023-24 to Rs 171 crore in 2024-25.
In maintenance expenses, it was projected to bring down 1% from Rs 1,253 crore to Rs 1,240 crore. "SMC spends money under capital and revenue expenditure. Capital expenditure adds infrastructure, while revenue expenses have a larger share of salaries and maintenance," said an SMC official.
After analysing various areas of revenue expenditure, the officials found that some of the expenditure could be reduced. "It was observed that after some project work, the road repair work or restoration of infrastructure was not done by the parties executing the work. It was done by SMC later.
This increased expenditure, and we are identifying similar areas," the official added. For 2024-25, SMC proposed Rs 4,597 crore expenditure against an income of Rs 5,025 crore. In capital expenditure, it is Rs 4,121 crore for 2024-25 against an income of Rs 3,309 crore.
The committee includes R M Patel, DyMC; R B Bhogayta, DyMC; A J Pandya, city engineer; A K Naik, DyMC; S P Desai, DyMC; MM Doctor, DyMC; N H Patel, DyMC; and AJ Naik, additional city engineer..
