BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government not keen on funding the project. HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S), too, had tightened purse strings.

The BBMP, on an average, seeks Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 crore from the state every year.

The Karnataka Municipalities and Accounting Rules, 2006, which guides budget presentation in municipal bodies, mandates two rounds of publi...

As many as 68 of the 198 wards in Bengaluru held committee meetings this month. However, citizens’ groups hope that more and more wards wil...

The BBMP in its budget proposals, reviewed by the ET, had sought government support for projects ranging from street lights to roads to sto...

Congress and JD(S), ruling parties in the civic agency, are banking on the budget to hype their contributions to Bengaluru while wooing vot...

Even as the BBMP's reliance on the government has grown manifold over the past few years, it has not received the full amount from the gove...

The call for a new Act for Bengaluru comes at a time when the state assembly polls are a year away, and the Siddaramaiah's govt has receive...

The proposed overhaul, which is likely to be rolled out in the first quarter of the new financial year, borrows best practices from various...

There is a call to include professional tax, entertainment tax and luxury tax -the city generates over Rs.1,000 crore -in the BBMP tax net.

"The cameras installed by the police are pan-tiltzoom cameras with a zoom range of 500 metres. These cost about Rs 57,000. "

The higher outlay this time is on the strength of the Rs 2,158 crore under the Special Infrastructure Fund announced by the state governmen...

From streetlights to cleanliness and pothole-free roads, citizens decree that it is the BBMP that has much to do for the city's development.

Under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, the BBMP mayor or the council do not have ex ecutive powers -their decisions need to be rat...

MY CITY, MY BUDGET Janaagraha campaign aims to collect at least 20,000 inputs from citizens ahead of the next budget by March.

The State Budget last week came as a disappointment for the BBMP , which asked for the balance and fresh grants of Rs 5,480.47 crore.

"This won't be a budget with any election gimmicks. The focus will be on spillovers and pending work," said BJP's V Anand.