Overview
- The Standing Committee led by chair Satya Sharma approved revised 2025–26 estimates and set the 2026–27 framework after budget work resumed on December 5 with inputs from ward and subject committees.
- Air-quality action is a central plank, with the corporation pledging practical, ground-level measures to support long-term pollution control.
- Sanitation has top billing, including intensified cleaning of streets, markets and parks and an effort to lift Delhi’s standing in national cleanliness rankings.
- Land reclaimed from the three landfill sites is slated for conversion into green spaces and public amenities once the dumps are cleared.
- Public-service and staffing steps include upgrading MCD schools and health centres, filling teacher vacancies, expanding community health services, creating a stray-dog budget head, speeding promotions and recruitment, and strengthening finances without new taxes.