Mumbai, Mar 28 (PTI) The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday presented a Rs 40,187 crore-budget for the megapolis.

Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement. The revenues have been estimated at Rs 36,939 crore, and the body chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be borrowing Rs 22,000 crore.

This will result in a budget deficit of Rs 3,249 crore, which the body plans to bridge through land sales, issuance of bonds, financial assistance from the government, and loans from financial institutions, the statement said.

The ongoing metro line projects have been earmarked Rs 10,969 crore of expenditure in the new fiscal, which is a fourth of the overall expenditure..

Over Rs 5,697 crore have been allotted for multiple tunnel projects which are going across the megapolis, with Rs 2,684 crore earmarked for the four-lane road running under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the region under MMRDA is the backbone of the state's economic development, and added that the budget will help in realizing the vision of taking the GSDP to USD 1 trillion. PTI AA MR

Budget deficit management in regional infrastructure budgeting sees borrowing and asset sales to bridge shortfall. The authority's budget concentrates expenditure on infrastructure and transport projects while estimating revenues below planned spending, producing a budget deficit to be bridged through borrowing, bond issuance, land sales, government financial assistance, and loans from financial institutions; metro, tunnel, and road projects are explicitly earmarked major allocations.