budget Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

What is your MLA supposed to do for you?

April 27, 2018 Akshay Agarwal

Citizens often run to the MLA for sorting out every small issue — from potholes to drinking water. But what exactly is the role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly? And how does the voter know if he is carrying it out responsibly?

MyCityMyBudget 2016 launched to gather citizen requests for Bengaluru Budget 2017-18

October 4, 2016 Gayatri Nair

Send your budget requests on any civic issue through the MCMB budget bus, or one of their workshops or on ichangemycity.com – they will all be compiled and shared with the state and its agencies at a large event in December.

Governance

Ahead of the budget, tell the BBMP where and how to spend your money

February 2, 2016 Ganesh V

Would you like to ask the government to earmark funds to sort out specific civic issues in your neighbourhood? This is your chance to let them know.

What’s the point of dissecting the state budget?

February 12, 2013 Sakuntala Narasimhan

Rice at Rs 2 for whom? There are poor residents of Bengaluru who have been trying to a ration card, for years. The budget is an exercise to use public money to enhance the ruling party’s prospects in the coming elections.

Society

Not just roads, Ambedkar Bhavans; give us education

September 10, 2012 Navya P K

Much of the allocated money is not spent. And the little money spent goes towards building roads and houses, that are of poor quality. What about welfare schemes, asks Dalit leader, Venkatesh M.

Governance

budget

What is your MLA supposed to do for you?

MyCityMyBudget 2016 launched to gather citizen requests for Bengaluru Budget 2017-18

Ahead of the budget, tell the BBMP where and how to spend your money

What’s the point of dissecting the state budget?

Not just roads, Ambedkar Bhavans; give us education

Flaws and uncertainty rule 2012 Bengaluru budget

BBMP Budget: what the NGO’s are asking for

What BBMP should spend its money on

Budget analysed at SIBM, Bangalore