Bill tabled to increase nominated councillors in BMC

The decision has been proposed to 'qualitatively improve the functioning of the corporations', reads the Bill, which was approved by the state Cabinet in January 2023.

Governor Ramesh Bais, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and others at Vidhan Bhawan, on the first day of the Budget Session in Mumbai on Monday. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Written by: Eeshanpriya MS

2 min readMumbaiFeb 28, 2023 11:57 AM IST First published on: Feb 28, 2023 at 04:15 AM IST

The STATE government has proposed to increase the number of nominated municipal councillors in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from the existing five to 10. It has also proposed to increase the nominated municipal councillors in other municipal corporations in the state to a maximum of 10 or 10 per cent of the elected councillors — whichever is less — from the existing limit of five.

A Bill was tabled in the legislative Assembly on Monday, to the effect, and the Act would be called Mumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2023.

The decision has been proposed to ‘qualitatively improve the functioning of the corporations’, reads the Bill, which was approved by the state Cabinet in January 2023.

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