The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) commissioner and administrator Manisha Awhale presented a ₹988.72 crore budget for the financial year 2025-26 on Monday, along with a proposal for an increase in water taxes. The budget focuses on revenue generation, disciplined expenditure, smart infrastructure, digitalization, environmental sustainability, and gender parity.
Awhale highlighted five key priorities for the 2025-26 budget: water tax hikes, revenue growth, disciplined spending, environmental sustainability, and smart infrastructure. Additionally, UMC aims to enhance public transport, improve municipal schools, implement welfare schemes for women, senior citizens, and individuals with special needs, strengthen e-office administration, and ensure quality civic works.
For 2025-26, the estimated revenue expenditure is ₹575.02 crore, while the capital expenditure is projected at ₹382.97 crore. The civic administration plans to use these funds to support Thane's long-term growth. In 2024-25, UMC had prepared a budget of ₹977.64 crore.
Awhale stated, "The budget has been prepared considering income sources, government subsidies, the Fifteenth Finance Commission, infrastructure projects, the Amrit Yojana, and the Swachh Bharat Mission."
Revenue Sources
UMC anticipates total income of ₹988.72 crore in 2025-26, sourced from:
Property tax: ₹120.41 crore
Water tax: ₹72.25 crore
MRTP recovery: ₹82.13 crore
Various grants: ₹286.53 crore
Other grants and income: ₹246.45 crore
Expenditure Breakdown
UMC’s total expenditure is estimated as follows:
Salaries, wages, and pensions: ₹225.34 crore
MIDC payments: ₹51 crore
Education: ₹50 crore
Loan repayment: ₹13.38 crore
Electricity expenses: ₹13 crore
Other revenue expenditures: ₹235.68 crore
Capital expenditure: ₹369.58 crore
Extraordinary accounts: ₹30.19 crore
Smart Infrastructure Initiatives
UMC has allocated funds for smart city projects, including:
Smart roads: ₹7 crore
Smart chowks and junctions: ₹2 crore
Smart schools: ₹8 crore
Libraries: ₹1.5 crore
Smart primary health centers: ₹2 crore
Smart toilets: ₹6.5 crore
Smart crematoriums: ₹1.5 crore
Smart gardens: ₹4.5 crore
Smart parking: ₹2 crore
Smart Divyang Bhawan: ₹2 crore
Pet clinic: ₹50 lakh
Environmental Sustainability Measures
UMC has allocated:
15th Finance Commission projects: ₹8 crore
Electric buses: ₹4 crore
Vasundhara Project: ₹1.5 crore
Solar energy projects: ₹1 crore
LED streetlights: ₹3.5 crore
Garden and nursery development: ₹6.5 crore
Sewage Treatment Plant (STP): ₹5 crore
Water meters: ₹1.5 crore
Gender Parity Initiatives
Women and child welfare schemes: ₹10.76 crore
Support for transgender individuals: ₹50 lakh
Major Infrastructure Projects
UMC aims to secure funding from MMRDA for:
An elevated flyover from Shantinagar to Sai Baba Temple (₹554 crore)
The concretization of eight major city roads (₹99 crore)
