The five newly-formed city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) have presented their maiden budgets, with the West City Corporation recording the largest outlay at ₹4,732.73 crore and the Central City Corporation having the smallest outlay of ₹3,426.60 crore.
Though the North and West corporations were projected to be the poorest among the five corporations, their outlays are the biggest, thanks to generous grants from the State, raising eyebrows.
The North City Corporation follows West, with an outlay of ₹4,342.40 crore, while the East City Corporation has pegged its budget at ₹3,889.98 crore.
The South City Corporation’s outlay stands at ₹3,825.95 crore.
The combined budget outlay for 2026–27 across all five corporations stands at ₹20,217.66 crore, a marginal increase of 1.46% from ₹19,927.08 crore during the final year of the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). All five corporations have presented surplus budgets in their first financial plans.
