Overview
- Municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani has asked the Maharashtra government to allow the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to present its annual budget by March 4, 2026.
- Officials say the budget is traditionally handed to the mayor and the Standing Committee chair, so presentation will follow once those posts are filled.
- The Urban Development Department will decide the mayoral reservation by a draw of lots on January 22, after which parties nominate candidates and corporators vote.
- Statutory committee chairs are expected to be elected in early February, and state rules under the MMC Act require certain municipal elections by February 4 each year.
- Control of the Standing, Improvement, Education, and BEST committees is viewed as the real source of power in India’s richest civic body, with the end of administrative rule anticipated once these appointments are made; last year’s BMC budget totaled Rs 74,427 crore.