State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

3[95A. Report on services provided in a subsidised manner.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the Commissioner or, as the case may be, the Transport Manager, shall, while submitting the budget estimates to the Standing Committee, append thereto, a report indicating whether the following services were provided in the last preceding year in a subsidised manner and, if so, the extent of the subsidy, the source from which the subsidy was met and the sections or categories of the local population who were the beneficiaries of such subsidy, namely :— (a) water supply and disposal of sewage, (b) scavenging, transporting and disposal of wastes, (c) municipal transport, and (d) street lighting. (2) The Standing Committee or, as the case may be, the Transport Committee shall examine the report and place it before the Corporation with its recommendations, if any. Explanation.— A service shall be construed as being provided in a subsidised manner if its total cost, comprising the expenditure on operation and maintenance and adequate provision for depreciation of assets and for debt servicing, exceeds the income relatable to the rendering of that service.]