After the first session of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation`s (BMC) newly elected 227-member general body on Wednesday (February 11), to elect Ritu Tawde as Mumbai`s Mayor and Sanjay Ghodi as the Deputy Mayor, the general body is likely to meet next on February 16, Monday. Members of BMC`s statutory committees will be decided in this meeting of the General Body, including the Standing Committee, which approves all projects and other expenditure above Rs 1 crore; the Improvements Committee, in charge of approving infrastructure and land development projects; the Education Committee; and the BEST Committee.
According to a tentative schedule, dates decided for the formation and special meetings of all committees are:
- February 20: Standing Committee and Education Committee are to meet and elect the respective chairpersons.
- February 23: Improvement and BEST committees to meet and elect their respective Chairpersons
- March 5, 6, 9: Ward committees to meet
- March 12, 13, 14: Special Committees to meet and elect their respective Chairpersons (Work Committee, Public Health, Markets and Gardens, Women and Child, Law)
Budget: According to the tentative schedule, BMC is likely to present its budget at a meeting of the standing committee on February 25.
