Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

12) As per Section 126 B(4) of the MMC Act, 1888 (as amended upto date) the Municipal
Secretary causes Budget Estimates 'C' and the report of the Standing Committee thereon which are
printed by the Undertaking and forwards printed copies thereof to the Municipal Secretary, so as to
enable them to forward to all councilors before 31st December. The printing cost of these copies are
borned by the BEST.
As per Section 127 of the MMC Act. Budget Estimate 'C' with reports of the Standing
Committee is required to be laid before the Corporation not later than 10th January.
13) At the time of discussions on Budget Estimates 'C' in the Corporation which are generally held
in January/February, Addl. G.M., Secy., CAO & FA, Dy. CAO and BO remain present alongwith
G.M. for note down the queries and giving required information to the G.M. The queries of the
members are referred to respective Heads of Department for immediate reply so as to enable G.M. to
refer the same in his concluding speech.
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14) As per Section 128/129 of the MMC Act, the Corporation is required to approved Income side
of Budget 'C' on or before 20th March.
15) After the approval of the Corporation to the Budget 'C' copies of the same and Establishment
Schedule are printed and circulated to all Heads of Department/Branches in April/May for their
records. Some copies are also sent to some outside organisations alongwith covering letters.
16) Suggestion, quarries of the members are referred to the respective departments for clarification
after receipts of the same individual replies are sent to the members concerned in Marathi under
signature of the G.M.
II Adoption of the Budget Estimates :- The Budget Estimates on being approved by the
Mumbai Municipal Corporation will be finally adopted. The requisite number of printed copies will
be arranged by the Budget Section. The Dy. Budget Officer will then arrange to dispatch copies to all
Heads of Department/Branches according to their requirements.
III Execution of the Budget :-
a) Loan Works :- A sanction form will be submitted by the departmental head concerned for
obtaining General Manager’s sanction for items costing over Rs.10,000/- in each case. The Budget
Section will be responsible to scrutinise the sanction form before putting up to the General manager.
After being approved by the General Manager the expenditure to be incurred will be entered in
Record of Capital Expenditure and the approved sanction form will be returned to the head of
department concerned.
b) Departmental Enquiries :- In addition to the work of preparation and presentation of the
budget estimate, the budget Section will attend to all departmental enquiries in respect of budget
heads.
c) Control of Budget Grant :- It will be the responsibility of the Heads of
Departments/Branches to control their budget grants. For this purpose, they have to keep record of all
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